The Folk Art of Java (The Asia Collection)
By Joseph Fischer.
Description
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, traditiional children's art, and such objects as roof tiles, bronze bells, brass votive figures, and village masks and puppets. The book underscores the great importance of these components of ...
ISBN(s)
9676530417, 9789676530417
