RSUSCI-2021 & RSUSOC-2021
IN21-095 A Virtual Reality of Burmese Architecture from Mural in Western Style Vihara, Mon Pu Yak Temple, Lampang Province, Thailand
Presenter: Parisut Lerdkachatarn
Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Rangsit University
Abstract
Regarding the mural in Western Style Vihara, Mon Pu Yak Temple was created by Burmese-Tai Yai craftmen from Myanmar. Although its story is about Buddhist literature, but it clearly expresses Burmese and Tai Yai social, cultural, and lifestyle including the contemporary environmental contexts, that took place in Myanmar from the late Konbaung dynasty in Mandalay period to the colonial period. It was painted in the colonial era, so it appeared to be some western influences such as perspective method, reality perception and western architecture images. The outstanding of the mural is the images, that clearly reflect the Burmeseness in that time, such as groups of people in each class, ethnic groups, costumes and architecture as well as the surrounding contexts. As for architecture, the craftmen presented in the reality perception, which is able to compare with the architecture locating in Myanmar, whether it is the royal palace especially Mandalay Palace, vernacular architecture, western and colonial architecture, etc. It can be said this mural is the realistic in traditional style, so that the study about the realistic style images in the mural, the influences of contemporary environmental contexts, and Burmese architectural identity, and the influences from the outside are needed.