Visual mixing research methods on Lanna mural paintings: A case study of Wat Phumin, Nan province
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According to most of visitors who have visited Thai temples and have seen Thai mural paintings with untrained eyes, they might not understand a story on walls at first sight. It may be because Thai mural paintings look confusing, crowded with colorful figures that appears similar in detail and character, leaving no place to focus one’s attention (David K. Wyatt, 2004). Thai mural paintings is a disparate of the visual arts because of conventions that are entirely its own.This research is designed to study the capability of Thai and Foreign visitors in order to apprehend Lanna mural paintings through visual mixing research methods. For Methodology, questionnaires were used by collecting the data from the total of 411 Thai and foreign visitors who have been visited Wat Phumin, Nan province. At the same time, qualitative method was used by collecting the data form visitors who have been visited Wat Phumin, Nan province. The data then were analyzed using mean, descriptive statistics, and qualitative data. This study concludes that the comprehension of Lanna mural paintings at first sight from Thai and foreign visitors at Wat Phumin, Nan province are not positive. In addition, the results reported that our respondents have verified that there is no direction in order to understand stories on Lanna mural paintings from the beginning. Furthermore, the results reported that our respondents have established visual mixing research methods in order to discover more effective solutions to facilitate Thai and foreign visitors to obtain the information of the storytelling in Lanna mural paintings at first sight as possible
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