Transcript arts and culture of indonesia

ARTS AND
CULTURE OF
INDONESIA
Literature
Indonesia has created many internationally
famous celebrated authors.
Music
•Home to hundreds of forms of music, it
plays an important role in Indonesia’s
art and culture.
•Other forms of music include the
Keroncong with its roots in Portugal, the
soft Sasando music from West Timor and
Degung and Angklung from West Java,
which is played with bamboo instruments.
Dance
The traditional dances depict episodes from
the Ramayana and Mahabharata from India.
ROYAL CLASSIC
DANCE
BETAWI DANCE
BAKIAK DANCE
DRAMA AND THEATRE
• The Javanese and Balinese shadow puppet
theatre shows ‘wayang kulit’ displaying several
mythological events.
ARCHITECTURE
Indonesian culture, especially its architecture
has been to a great extent dominated and
influenced by the Indian.
PORI-PORI
HOUSE
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CUISINE
Indonesians distinctive cuisine has been derived
from centuries with the influence of the Chinese,
European, Middle Eastern and the Indians.
INDONESIAN ART
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The arts of Indonesia are many, especially
Indonesian paintings which are unique
works of art.
•Indonesia’s art and culture is also famous
for their unique batik, ikat and songket
cloth which is even popular today.
[Source: Embassy of Indonesia]
• Painting are numerous all over the country, both
traditional and contemporary, woodcarvings for
ornamentation and furniture, silverwork and
engraving from Yogyakarta and Sumatra, filgree
from South Sulawesi and Bali with different styles of
clay, sandstone and wood sculptures.
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•Carving in stone and wood are
particularly rich.
STONE CARVING
•Wood carving is more common.
•Traditional puppet or animal carvings of
the mountain Batak of Sumatra or the
upriver Dayak of Kalimantan are now
mainly for tourists.
WAYANG AND ART IN
INDONESIA
• Wayang is the Indonesia word for puppet.
The art form that has been around for at
least 1,000 years.
• While these carefully handcrafted puppets vary in size,
shape and style, two principal types prevail: the threedimensional wooden puppet (wayang klitik or golèk)
and the flat leather shadow puppet (wayang kulit)
projected in front of a screen lit from behind. Both types
are characterized by costumes, facial features and
articulated body parts.
WAYANG KULIT”
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The “Wayang kulit” (leather puppets) of Java.
• [Source: Embassy of Indonesia]
WAYANG GOLEK
• The “Wayang Golek” (wooden puppets)
of West Java.
PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY
IN INDONESIA
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Painting is widespread in Indonesia as an
accompaniment to other art forms.
• http://factsanddetails.com/indonesia/Arts_Culture_Media_Sports/sub6_4b/entry-4048.html
GLASS ART PAINTING
TRADITIONAL PAINTING (MARKET
SCENARIO)
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