MURAL PAINTING IN CHANTHABURI PROVINCE OF THAILAND

Abstract

          The study of murals in Chanthaburi province is a survey research and study to find patterns of murals in this area. In addition, the study also compares the murals in Trat province.  The study found that the frescoes have different picture writing content, most of which are written about the history of Buddha and the Jataka Jataka.  There are 2 main forms of the pattern: 1) Royal craftsmanship found in the study area located in the urban area) and 2) the local technician model found in the study area located outside the city area by the mural pattern  Chang Luang has a method of writing succession according to the traditional pattern that has been passed down to show the evolution of the pattern in the urban area, that is, the murals that resemble the golden age of Rattanakos period  Which is a valuable evidence, while the local art mural pattern will have its own unique characteristics that reflect the story in the community, society, history and way of life so interesting that it became an identity in the painting work  The background of Chanthaburi province is the layout.