Download or read book The Sculpture of Indonesia written by Jan Fontein and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1990 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows bells, lamps, vases, statuettes, and water vessels created between the eighth and fifteenth centuries.
Download or read book Violence and Serenity written by Natasha Reichle and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2007-07-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mention of Buddhism in Indonesia calls to mind for many people the Central Javanese monument of Borobudur, one of the largest Buddhist monuments in the world and the subject of extensive scholarly scrutiny. The neglect of scholarship on Buddhist art from later periods might lead one to assume that after the tenth century Buddhism had been completely eclipsed by the predominantly Hindu Eastern Javanese dynasties. Yet, as the works discussed here illustrate, extraordinary Buddhist images were still being produced as late as the fourteenth century. Violence and Serenity offers a close examination of some of the impressive works from East Java and Sumatra and explores their political and religious roles. The number of clearly identifiable Buddhist works from the Singasari and Majapahit dynasties (1222–ca. 1520) is limited, yet existing examples are impressive. They demonstrate a remarkable level of craftsmanship and are exceptionally expressive, exhibiting a range of emotions from the ferocious to the serene. Following a brief discussion of the early history of Buddhism in Indonesia, Natasha Reichle focuses each chapter on a specific statue or group of statues and considers the larger issues evoked by the images. Through a rarely examined depiction of the last Singasari king, she explores the nature of religion in Java in the late thirteenth century and what we know about tantric practices and the syncretism of Hinduism and Buddhism. She reassesses the question of portraiture in ancient Javanese art while contemplating the famous Prajñāpāramitā from Singasari. Notions of kingship are discussed in light of a number of statues depicting the Buddhist deity Amoghapāśa and his attendants and the meanings of the Amoghapāśa maṇḍala. The final chapter examines the origins and significance of one of Indonesia’s most spectacular sculptures, a four-meter-high Buddhist bhairava (demon) discovered in West Sumatra.
Download or read book Contemporary Indonesian Art written by Yvonne Spielmann and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indonesian art entered the global contemporary art world of independent curators, art fairs, and biennales in the 1990s. By the mid-2000s, Indonesian works were well-established on the Asian secondary art market, achieving record-breaking prices at auction houses in Singapore and Hong Kong. This comprehensive overview introduces Indonesian contemporary art in a fresh and stimulating manner, demonstrating how contemporary art breaks from colonial and post-colonial power structures, and grapples with issues of identity and nation-building in Indonesia. Across different media, in performance and installation, it amalgamates ethnic, cultural, and religious references in its visuals, and confidently brings together the traditional (batik, woodcut, dance, Javanese shadow puppet theater) with the contemporary (comics and manga, graffiti, advertising, pop culture). Spielmann's Contemporary Indonesian Art surveys the key artists, curators, institutions, and collectors in the local art scene and looks at the significance of Indonesian art in the Asian context. Through this book, originally published in German, Spielmann stakes a claim for the global relevance of Indonesian art.
Download or read book The Sculpture of Indonesia written by Jan Fontein and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1992-03-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lavish catalogue for the inaugural exhibition of the 1990-91 "Festival of Indonesia", this is the first comprehensive treatment of the stone, bronze, silver, and gold sculpture of Indonesia to be published in English. 171 illustrations, including 99 in full color.
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Download or read book Patterned Splendour written by Lesley Pullen and published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There exist numerous free-standing figurative sculptures produced in Java between the eighth and fifteenth centuries whose dress display detailed textile patterns. This surviving body of sculpture, carved in stone and cast in metal, varying in both size and condition, remains in archaeological sites and museums in Indonesia and worldwide. The equatorial climate of Java has precluded any textiles from this period surviving. Therefore this book argues the textiles represented on these sculptures offer a unique insight into the patterned splendour of the textiles in circulation during this period. This volume contributes to our knowledge of the textiles in circulation at that time by including the first comprehensive record of this body of sculpture, together with the textile patterns classified into a typology of styles within each chapter.
Download or read book Indonesian Primitive Art written by Irwin Hersey and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the tribal art of the numerous groups of the Indonesian archipelago, as it evolved from the Dong-son culture of northern Vietnam and developed as a result of common beliefs in animism, ancestor worship, and customary law (adat).
Download or read book Ancient Indonesian Sculpture written by Marijke J. Klokke and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Indonesian sculpture, as yet a relatively unexplored area of research, is discussed in this volume from various angles. The nine contributions originate from an international symposium at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Download or read book Art of Indonesia written by Haryati Soebadio-Noto Soebagio and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Art Of Indonesia" presents the treasures of Indonesia's National Museum to the world, covering a representative selection from prehistoric, classic, Islamic, and colonial periods.
Download or read book Indonesian Primitive Art written by Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fragile Traditions written by Paul Michael Taylor and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the complete effects of the primitive art market and various kinds of private & institutional collecting on the art traditions of Indonesia.
Download or read book History of Indian and Indonesian Art written by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bronze Iron Age of Indonesia written by H.R. van Heekeren and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Arts and Crafts of Indonesia written by Anne Richter and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1994 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the metalwork, ceramics, textiles, masks, and puppets of Indonesia, with photographs and commentary.
Download or read book Ancient Indonesian Art written by August Johan Bernet Kempers and published by Amsterdam : C.P.J. van der Peet. This book was released on 1959 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Art in Indonesia written by Claire Holt and published by Ithaca, N. Y. : Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Violence and Serenity written by Natasha Ann Reichle and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
