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Vietnam: the Cultural Odyssey of South East Asia

Vietnam is a culturally diversified centers, hermitages, the home and places
nation with 54 ethnic groups with of retreat. Contemporary artists may use
multiple customs and traditions. Although traditional or contemporary forms
Vietnamese culture was strongly separately or in combination e.g. film,
influenced by traditional Chinese sculpture or in painting used together in
civilization, the struggle for political an installation piece. While there may be
independence from China developed a a deeply felt spiritual context to the
strong sense of national identity in the work, it would not necessarily be
Vietnamese people. Nearly 100 years of intended to go in a monastery, center or
French rule introduced important European temple and would not have to be made
elements into the culture of the country, according to econometric recommendations.
but the Vietnamese still attach great Many contemporary artists also use themes
importance to the family and continue to such as impermanence, delusion;
observe rites honoring their ancestors, interdependence, compassion commonly
indicating the persistence of tradition. studied in Buddha dharma, and may feel a
The first flourishing of Vietnamese art link with Buddhist ideas without
occurred with the emergence of the necessarily calling themselves Buddhists.
Dongson culture on the coast of Annam and Contemporary art also assists in viewing
Tonkin. The inspiration for the the Vietnam War and war experience in
magnificent bronzes produced by the general through art. It helps to forge a
artists of Dongson originated from China: link between the common man, soldier, art
the decorative motifs have clear and history. Contemporary Vietnamese art
affinities with earlier Chinese bronzes. focuses on analyzing how art relates to
At the same time, the exceptional skill historical themes and issues,
of production and decoration argues that interpreting and understanding art as a
these pieces represent among the first tool of communication, synthesizing and
and finest of Southeast Asian works of assimilating information from different
art. The period during which the central disciplines into demonstrated
Vietnamese kingdom, centered on the comprehension, and further developing
Annamite coast was under the Champa abstract and critical thinking that can
rulers saw the 'golden' period of the be applied throughout the learning
Vietnamese art and architecture. Valuable process.
works of Vietnamese Art comprise of the Despite the shortages and censorship of
historic and treasured form of art the war years, quite a bit of world
executed on extravagant, fine and literature was carefully translated into
delicate silk. Created by artists Vietnamese and widely distributed
including Le Pho, Mai Trung Thu and Vu gradually. This translated world
Cao Dam these pieces of art are literature greatly influenced the
pristinely preserved. Lacquer practice spiritual life of Vietnam. The small
has held a major role throughout the chunk of world literature that was
history of Vietnamese Art, and allowed to circulate in Vietnam during
particularly so in 20th Century Vietnam, the “years of the march towards
when a new approach, through color and socialism,” the years of heroic
form, was employed to develop this warfare” and the “gloomy
ancestral technique in order to promote immediate post-war years,” had been
it as an aesthete that is unique to carefully filtered and wrenched from
Vietnam. their original contexts. Efforts of
Vietnam has longstanding folk traditions. contemporary Vietnam artists have been
Techniques and styles are often handed successful in reviving the exquisite and
down within families from generation to inimitable elements, not only of
generation. Vietnamese Art shows a strong erstwhile Vietnam but have also raised
Chinese influence. Traditional Buddhist some of the present-day humanitarian
art forms are very much evident on the issues. Vietnamese art has thus taken a
sculptures and paintings of Vietnamese stride ahead towards presenting
artists. These art forms are made to South-East Asia as a cultural patron in
complement and enhance traditional the field of global fine arts.
practices found in temples, monasteries,




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