The folk art of Java / Joseph Fischer ; assisted by James Danandjaja ... [et al.]
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
1994
Information About
This book serves as an introduction to the folk arts of Java as determined by the Javanese themselves. It features objects associated with traditional games and toys, reverse paintings on glass that reflect Hindu-Buddhist and Islamic traditions, various representations in Javanese society of the servant-clowns in the wayang theatre, ceramics that reflect folklore and ritual, naive folk painters, traditional children's art, and such objects as roof tiles, bronze bells, brass votive figures, and village masks and puppets.
Additional Details
- Title
- The folk art of Java / Joseph Fischer ; assisted by James Danandjaja ... [et al.]
- Creators
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- Fischer, Joseph, 1926-
- Subject
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- Folk art--Indonesia--Java
- Decorative arts--Indonesia--Java
- Publisher
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- Oxford University Press, 1994
- National Library Board Singapore, 1994
- Contributors
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- Fischer, Joseph, 1926-
- Danandjaja, James
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill. (some col.)
- Table of Contents
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- definitions and distinctions -- 2 Diversity and significance in the folk art of Java -- 3 The Ramayana, the Mahahharata, and Islam: representations on glass painting -- 4 Panakawan in the folk tradition of Java -- 5 Folk characters and folk art -- 6 Folk art, games, and magic play in Java -- 7 Children's art and tradition in Yogyakarta -- 8 Images of Ratu Kidul, Queen of the South Sea -- 9 Some contemporary artists in the folk tradition -- Bibliography.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.