Arts Lesson 1 Arts Of Southeast Asia (Indonesia) Flashcards
Subjects were based on the environment, is used for religious and ritualistic purposes
Paintings
Examples are Buddha statues and the Borobudur Temple
Sculptures
Floral carvings and other carved motifs
Okir
Are serpents or dragons. It symbolizes fertility, droughts, and floods.
-Buddhist Art (Cobra with many heads)
-Indonesia (wearing a crown with wings)
Naga
Are bird like statues. It symbolizes power, speed, martial ability, and protection against snakes.
Garuda
-Is a wax-resist dyeing technique. -It comes from the word ambatik meaning “many dots”
-Is the highest advancement on Java, Indonesia
-Unesco (Intangible Hertage list)
Batiks
Imitates woven texture
Nitik
Intersecting Circles that is dotted in the middle
Kanung
Geometric shapes like squares, circles, rhombus, stars, etc.
Ceplok
Diagonal bonds composed of knife like designs
Parang
-Is imprimted with gold leaf
-reserved only for royalty
Prada
Refers to the theater performances that makes use of puppets of human dancers.
Wayang
Shadow puppets, made of stretched and dried
Wayang Kulit (Shadow Puppets)
Wooden Puppets
Wayang Golek