The Study on Art Heritage in Wiang Lo Ancient City: Artistic Styles and Presumption on the Patterns of the Ruins.
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The objectives of this research project are (1) to study on the patterns of art from historical documents and archaeological information in order to build up body of knowledge of art history; and (2) the findings from the study will lead to the presumed designs of the
reconstructed ruins. The findings are as follows.
1. There are 16 monastery ruins that had the plan consisting of Phutthawat (public area) that laid in the east - west alignment, with the Vihara (main chapels/pantheons) and principle
pagodas facing the east mainly. They are most found in Wiang Lo Ancient City. The key examples that have had the 3D images of presumed reconstruction are Phra Kaeo Temple and Si Chum Temple.
2. The key patterns of Vihara that have had 3D images of presumed reconstruction can be divided in 4 groups, namely, 1) Vihara with 1 section of Yok Ket (the decoration parts extended from walls with stepped extended corners); 2) Vihara with rectangular plan; 3) pantheons; and 4) Vihara with special characteristics, compared with the technique of the construction of
Vihara in Lanna Style (Mok Vihara). As for the pagodas, the unique characteristics that are
interesting are supposed to be the common features of pagodas in the area of Ing River Basin. An example of the pagoda with 3D image of presumed reconstruction is Lom That Pagoda.
3. Art works in Wiang Lo Ancient City show the network and relationship between ancient cities in Ing River Basin and civilizations in the areas of Upper Mekong River Basin such as Chiang Saen and Luang Phrabang, as well as civilizations in Lanna and Sukhothai Kingdoms. In addition, these findings also concur with archaeological information and information from inscriptions that points out the significance of Lo City from 21st Buddhist Century to 24th Buddhist Century as well.
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