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Trade with India during the Pyu period brought deep cultural contacts heavily influencing many aspects of visual culture in Myanmar. However, scholarship and archaeology on Pyu, Mon and Dvaravati art in neighbouring Thailand were biased by colonial attitudes in the 20th century, placing a greater emphaisis on comparisons to well-documented Gupta art.
Burmese ceramics refers to ceramic art and pottery designed or produced as a form of Burmese art. The tradition of Burmese ceramics dates back to the third millennium BCE. Pottery and ceramics were an essential part of the trade between Myanmar and its neighbours. The village of Kyaukmyaung (Sagaing) is an important traditional production centre.
The cinema of Myanmar and former British Burma has a long history dating back to the 1910s. Burma's first film was a recording of the funeral of Tun Shein - a leading politician of the 1910s, who campaigned for Burmese independence in London. During the 1920s and 1930s, many Burmese-owned film companies (such as A1, New Burma, British Burma ...
This exhibition room displays Myanmar dramatic art, a Myanmar traditional orchestra and a miniature theatre stage according to tradition. Myanmar traditional musical instruments, and various musical instruments of Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Bama, Mon, Rakhine and Shan national ethnic groups are also displayed. Puppeteers and marionettes
Art of Myanmar refers to visual art created in Myanmar (Burma). Ancient Burmese art was influenced by India and was often religious in nature, ranging from Hindu sculptures in the Thaton Kingdom to Theravada Buddhist images in the Sri Ksetra Kingdom .
Myanmar Photo Archive (MPA; Burmese: မြန်မာဓာတ်ပုံမော်ကွန်းသည်, romanized: myanmardharatpone mawkwann sai) is both a physical archive of photographs taken between 1889 and 1995 in Myanmar (Burma), and a public awareness project of the country's visual culture. The MPA presents exhibitions ...
Burmese art (5 C, 8 P) Architecture in Myanmar (1 C, 4 P) C. ... Pages in category "Arts in Myanmar" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
In 2015, the museums of Myanmar joined the International Council of Museums (ICOM) for wider international cooperation. [8] In order to meet international standards of skills training and development for staff in museums to protect, safeguard and share the country's unique cultural heritage, the National Museum has also cooperated with the ...