UNIT 3
Exercise 3 pp.53-54
1. They are seated, standing, walking and reclining positions.
2. Each attitude is related to a period in the life of the Lord Buddha.
3. The image is seated with the legs crossed or folded. The right hand is placed in front of the right knee with the four figures pointing to the ground. The left hand rests in the lap with the palm facing upward.
4. This attitude depicts the Lord Buddha’s summoning the Goddess of the Earth to witness the Mara’s attacking the Lord Buddha.
5. In the attitude of meditation, the Buddha is seated with legs crossed or folded. The two hands are folded in the lap with the right palm facing upward.
6. The right hand is lifted to chest level . The right hand rests at the side.
7. The left is lifted to chest level. The right hand rests at the side.
UNIT 4
Exercise 5. pp.79-80
B: It’s in the Early Chiang Saen style.
B: The body is corpulent.
The end of rob is over the left shoulder.
The face is round with a smiling expression.
The chin is prominent.
The hair curls are large.
B: It belongs to the Late U-Thong period.
A: What are some of the traits of the image of this period?
B: They resemble those of the Sukhothai period. The image has a flame-like halo, small hair curls and a round or oval face but there is a band of hair-edge over the forehead.
B: It might belong to the Dvaravati period.
B: It can’t be form the
Exercise 6 : pp. 80-81
Picture 1
1. This image belongs to / This image was cast in the Late Chiang Saen period.
2. It has a lotus bud halo.
3. It has a round face…..
4. The image has curved eyebrows.
5. It is seated with the legs crossed / locked.
6. Its body is corpulent.
7. The robe-end extends to the navel.
Picture 2
1.
This image is in the
2. This kind of image is called Song Khreung Noi.
3. It wears a diadem and ear-rings.
4. It has a rather square face.
5. It has curved and connected eyebrows.
Picture 3
1. This image belongs to the Dvaravati period.
2. It has a lotus-bud halo with large haircurls.
3. It has a square face.
4. The eyebrows are slightly curved and connected.
5. The nose is rather broad.
6. The lips are thick.
Picture 4
1. This image belongs to the Early Chiang Saen Period.
2. It has a lotus-bud halo.
3. The haircurls are large.
4. The face is round.
5. The eyebrows are curved / arched.
6. The robe-end hangs over the left shoulder.
Exercise 8: p.83
1. The halo is in the form of a lotus-bud.
2. The haircurls are large.
3. The eyebrows are curved and connected.
4. The nose is broad and flat.
5. The lips are thick.
6. The short, pleated robe-end hangs over the left shoulder.
Exercise 9: p.84
This Buddha image should belong to the first group of the U-Thong period. The halo is in the form of a lotus-bud. The face is square. The eyebrows are almost in a straight line. The lips are thick. There is a band of edge dividing the hair from the forehead. The long robe-end terminates in a straight line. It is seated in a folded-leg posture in the attitude of subuing Mara.
Exercise 12: pp. 86-87
1. Hundreds of years ago, the Southeast Asian people feared and revered snakes.
2. One of the most popular designs in Thai decorative art is the naga.
3. While the Lord Buddha was meditating under the Mujarin tree, there was a severe rain storm.
4. The king of nagas called Muchalinda came to save the Buddha from the storm.
5. Muchalinda coiled his body aroung the Buddha and raised him from the flood waters.
6. Muchalinda spread his multiheaded hood to protect the Lord Buddha from the rain.