Indonesian Art

Prepared by: Anthony Nale

Indonesia
 Indonesia has a particularly rich tradition of Hindu–
Buddhist sculpture and architecture, and it was strongly
influenced by India from the 1st century CE onward.

 By the 15th century, Islam had become the dominant

religion in Indonesia, and local mosques reflected both
indigenous and Islamic influences. They lacked the
Islamic dome and had tall timber -tiered roofs similar to
the pagodas of Balinese Hindu temples.
The Sri Vijaya Empire
 Buddhist
 8th–13th centuries
 Bronze or Stones
 free-standing statues or relief sculptures and frieze
Borobudur

 largest Buddhist temple

 8th century
 it has 504 statues of the Buddha and 2,672 relief panels
depicting the life of the Buddha
Paintings

Before 19th century

Narrative imagery to depict scenes from Balinese
legends and religious scripts.
Mandala
During and after 19th century
Dutch introduced the western style of art.
Paintings shows characteristic of romantic painting
The Arrest of Pangeran Diponegoro by Raden Saleh
Textiles

Songket
Ikat
Batik
Batik

 is a technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to whole

cloth, or cloth made using this technique originated from
Indonesia. Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines
of the resist with a spouted tool called a canting, or by
printing the resist with a copper stamp called a cap
Ikat

is a dyeing technique used to pattern textiles

that employs resist dyeing on the yarns prior to
dyeing and weaving the fabric
Songket

 Songket is a fabric that belongs to the brocade family of textiles of the

Malay world (today Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore and Southern
Thailand). It is hand-woven in silk or cotton, and intricately patterned with
gold or silver threads.
 It is usually used in important occasions.
Wayang Kulit

 Wayang Kulit are Indonesian shadow puppets. Wayang means puppet

and kulit means leather