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PaintingIncalculable Previous Buddhas: Payatonzu
The wall of Pavatonzu is decorated with paintings of the past Lord Buddha. Sometimes, these past Buddhas are installed in honeycomb holes.
PaintingDeities and Monks attaining the Buddha during his Demise
Paintings in Nyongyan period use hot-shading color with some green color in the picture. There is no landscape. The drawings are simple similar to drawing cartoons in the present time. Each picture is seperated by connected curves called “Sintao”. Empty space is filled with flora patterns.
PaintingThe Great Departure of Several Previous Buddha
Nyaungyan mural is characterized by the red tone background and the devoid of perspective. The figure is so cartoon-liked and the space aroud thefiguer is filled by the motifs. The scenes are divided by the multi-arched cloud-liked edge. Sometime the narration are fixed be the elongate palm-leave-liked register.
PaintingHuge Buddha
The painting of large Buddha images to cover the whole wall appears to be preferences in the art of Kongbong dynasty of Pegan school of art. The spreading arms and the cloth extended to the abdomen are distinctive features of arts in after Pegan period.
PaintingBuddha Life : Sattamahasthana
The paintings here appear to be drawings on cremy background. The Lord Buddha wears two-layered cloth on his left shoulder: the short one and the long one. This is an important feature of Post-Pegan art period.
PaintingBuddha Life : Sattamahasthana
The paintings here appear to be drawings on cremy background. The Lord Buddha wears two-layered cloth on his left shoulder: the short one and the long one. This is an important feature of Post-Pegan art period.
PaintingPrevious Buddhas and Their Great Departures
Paintings in the early Kongbong are similar to those of Nyongyan. The distinctive feature is the use of hot-shading color with green color. There is no landscape. x The drawings are simple similar to drawing cartoons in the present time. Each picture is seperated by connected curves called “Sintao”. Empty space is filled with flora patterns. Sometimes pictures are drawn in long strips similar to pictures on ancient palm leave manuscripts. However, a high crown of Thai style shows that these paintings were painted after Ayutthaya was taken for the second time.
PaintingPrevious Buddhas and Their Great Departures
Paintings in the early Kongbong are similar to those of Nyongyan. The distinctive feature is the use of hot-shading color with green color. There is no landscape. x The drawings are simple similar to drawing cartoons in the present time. Each picture is seperated by connected curves called “Sintao”. Empty space is filled with flora patterns. Sometimes pictures are drawn in long strips similar to pictures on ancient palm leave manuscripts. However, a high crown of Thai style shows that these paintings were painted after Ayutthaya was taken for the second time.
