Silpakorn University (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร) is a university located in Thailand. The university was founded in 1943. It is named after the Italian-born sculptor Silpa Bhirasri, and is the leading Thai university in the fine arts. It has about 7,000 students. A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... Silpa Bhirasri (Thai: ศิลป์ พีระศรี), the father of modern arts in Thailand, (born Corrado Feroci 15 September 1892 in Florence, died 14 May 1962) was an Italian sculptor invited to Thailand to teach western scuplture at the Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Palace Affairs in 1923. ...
Bangkok from the Chao Phraya River at sunset, July 2004 The Wat Phra Kaew temple Bangkok Metropolitan Administration building Bangkok, (in Thai à¸à¸£à¸¸à¸‡à¹€à¸—พฯ, à¸à¸£à¸¸à¸‡à¹€à¸—พมหานคร, or Krung Thep, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, IPA: ), population 8,538,610 (1990), is the capital and largest city of Thailand. ... Nakhon Pathom (Thai นครปà¸à¸¡) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ... Phetchaburi is a town in Thailand, capital of the Phetchaburi province. ...
History
In 1939 the Praneat Silpakam School was founded by Mom Luang Pin Malagula. Four years later it was promoted to a university. In 1968 the Thai Education Ministry granted a proposal to extend the university, which led to the establishment of the Sanam Chan campus in Nakhon Pathom.
SilpakornUniversity (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร) is a university located in Thailand.
It is named after the Italian born sculptor Silpa Bhirasri, and is the leading Thai university in the fine arts.
In 1968 the Thai Education Ministry granted a proposal to extend the university, which led to the establishment of the Sanam Chan campus in Nakhon Pathom.
However, in the past, the SilpakornUniversity Library had a limited capacity to serve the public due to the insufficient number of books and materials available and to the limited physical space.
Silpakorn University,Thapra Palace Campus, was originally established as The School of Fine Art in1934.
As the first Thai university specializing in the fields of art and design, its library, formally established in 1959, also became the premiere art library of the country where the largest collection of diverse materials on art and art education were available, especially the materials on Thai art in various forms i.e.
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