Indonesia

An archipelago located off the coast

of mainland Southeast Asia in the 
Indonesia
Indian and Pacific oceans. Indonesia
is composed of some 17,500 islands,
of which more than 7,000 are
uninhabited. 
Visual
Art
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There are two kinds of the Indonesian
paintings; classical and modern.

Painting
Classical
Painting
• Are traditional paintings
that depicts scenes from
legends or religious scripts
and some are for
decorative purposes only.

• These paintings can

usually found in
Indonesian palm-leaf
manuscripts and on the
ceilings of Balinese
temples
Kenyah mural paintings:
Kenyah mural painting in Long
Nawang, East Kalimantan.

An example of Indonesian
painting as a decorative art.
An example of a Batik,
The traditional art of
decorating cloth using dye and
wax
The word batik originates from
the Javanese tik and means to
dot
Affandi
• He is one of the most famous artist in
Indonesia, in which his art is most known
for expressionist and romantic style in
painting.
• Affandi (18 May 1907 – 23 May 1990) was
an Indonesian artist. Born in Cirebon, 
West Java
• Known as the Maestro of Expressionist
Painter
Carrying my First
Grandchild
(1953)
Kwan Kong
(1965)
The Painting of
Badai Pasti
Berlalu
(1971)
Ida Bagus Made Poleng
• Ida Bagus Made Poleng (1915–1999)
was a traditional Balinese painter.
• Known also as Ida Bagus Made Poleng
or Ida Bagus Made Tebesaya or simply
Gus Made
 Atomic War at
Indra’s Heaven
Legong Dance
Dewi Uma
Raden Saleh
• Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman (1811 – 23 April
1880) was a pioneering Indonesian Romantic
 painter of Arab-Javanese ethnicity.
• He was considered to be the first "modern" artist
from Indonesia (then Dutch East Indies), and his
paintings corresponded with nineteenth-century
romanticism which was popular in Europe at the
time.
The Arrest of
Pangeran
Diponegoro
Lion attacking a
horse
(1840)
Deer hunt
(1846)
Indonesia has a particularly rich tradition
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of Hindu–Buddhist sculpture and
architecture, and it was strongly Sculpture
influenced by India from the 1st century
CE onward
• Buddhist art in Indonesia reached its golden
era under the Sailendra dynasty of the Sri
Vijaya Empire between the 8th and 13th
centuries.
• Sculpture flourished between the 8th and 10th
centuries AD in Java and Bali, taking the form
of free-standing statues or relief sculptures
incorporated into temples. They are
characterized by their delicacy and serenity
of expression.
Bronze Maitreya statue,
South Sumatra,
Indonesia, c. 9th–10th
century.: This bronze
Bodhisattva Maitreya is
an example of Sri
Vijayan sculpture. The
statue’s distinctive
crown incorporates a
stupa in its design.
 Jalesveva Jayamahe.: a
monument in Surabaya,
East Java which shows
an honorable  Indonesian
National Navy
commissioned officer.
The Sleeping
Buddha: located in
Mojokerto, East
Java. The golden
Sleeping Buddha
that has 22 m
length, 6 m width,
and 4.5 m height is
created in 1993.
The message that
is shown is about
the death of
Siddharta Gautama
in sleeping
position, the
bottom part shows
a relief about His
life, and karma la
w.
0Architectu
re
• The Architecture of Indonesia reflects the
diversity of cultural, historical and geographic
influences that have shaped Indonesia as a
whole.
• Invaders, Colonizers, missionaries, merchants
and traders brought cultural changes that had a
profound effect on building styles and
techniques.
• Traditionally, the most significant foreign
influence has been Indian.
• However, Chinese, Arab - and since the 18th
and 19th centuries - European influences have
been important.
• Each of province has its own distinctive form
and identity of traditional vernacular
architecture, known as Rumah Adat in
Indonesian.
• The concept of Rumah Adat are base on social
relations, traditional laws, taboos, myths and
religion
Borobudur’s main
stupa, Java,
Indonesia.: This
image shows the
main Stupa crowning
the Borobudur, built
in the 8th century by
the Sailendra
dynasty. The
uppermost terrace
has rows of bell-
shaped stupas and
Buddha images. The
main stupa itself is
empty, symbolizing
perfect
enlightenment.
Toraja House
Batak Karo
House
Metawai
House
Pagarayung
Istana
Performing
Arts
Music
 0 Gamela

10 Angklung Forms
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2 Tembang Sunda Music
03 Dangdut

40 Keroncong

05 Qasidah

06 Campursari
 • A musical form which is performed with the
help of 50-80 instrument orchestra. The
instruments involved are local percussion
drums and metallophones. The conductor of a
gamelan orchestra is a drummer who is part of
the orchestra.

Gamela • “Gamel” means ‘to hammer’, and most of the

instruments of a gamelan orchestra are struck
with wooden mallets, padded sticks or
hammers.
Singa Nebah
(The
Pouncing
Lion)
Angklung
 • This genre of music of Indonesia is also
famous by the name of Seni Mamaos
Cianjuran and is said to be a type of
sung poetry.
• Tembang Sunda is made up of two parts

Tembang namely vocal and instrumental (pirigan).

• The vocals are generally by a solo

Sunda vocalist accompanied by indigenous

music instruments which are used such
as rebab, suling and kacapi indung. 
 • Dangdut is a very popular
music of Indonesia.
• The roots of this genre are said to
be in Arabic Qasidah and as of

Dangdut recent, it has been inspired by the

Western rock and Malaysian film
music. 
 • Keroncong relates to both a genre of
music of Indonesia as well as an
instrument similar to a ukulele.
• The music is said to have been
inspired by Portuguese music Fado
and is popular in Java.

Keroncong • It is usually played with the help of a

Kroncrong (the instrument), a flute,
a violin, a cello and melody guitar. 
 • Qasidah which is an Islamic form of
poetry and ode is quite famous in
Indonesia due to the country’s huge
Muslims population.
• Mostly centred in Jakarta, it is mostly
sung solo and by groups of women.
• The traditional forms of Qasidah are
sung in villages of Java while the more

Qasidah contemporary forms add moral values of

the new age like targeting vices such as
drinking and smoking. One of the famous
all-women group of this genre is Nasida
Ria.
 • This genre of music of Indonesia was
created by Manthous in 1980
• A fusion style of music that combines
Dangdut, Keroncong and Gamelan.
• The word is from the Javanese dialect
and means a mixture of essences. It

Campursari comes from the regions of east and

central Java and Yogyakarta.
Dance
• In Indonesia there are
more than 3000
Indonesian original dances. 
• Dance dramas of Java and
Bali feature episodes from
the Hindu epics, Ramayana
and Mahabharata.
• Legong (pronounced LAY-gong) is a
graceful Balinese dance performed
usually by young girls dressed in
gold brocade wrapped tightly around
their bodies and headresses
decorated with flowers. Legong
• In the dance, accompanied by
gamelan ensemble, two beautiful
Dance
dancers move their bodies, hands,
fingers, heads and eyes with supple
grace and in perfect unison with
each other.
• Kecak (pronounced KEH-chahk) is a
Balinese music drama which originated in
the 1930s.
• Also known as the Ramayana Monkey
Chant, it depicts a battle from the
Ramayana where monkeys help Prince Kecak
Rama fight the evil King Ravana.
• It is performed by 100 or more men
Dance
wearing checked cloth around their
waists, seated in a circle, swaying to the
rhythmic echoes of their own voices,
chanting "cak" and throwing up their
arms.
• Barong (pronounced BAH-rong) is a
dance that epitomizes the eternal
struggle between good and evil. The
barong is a mythological animal, often
represented by a lion (barong ket). He is
a protector spirit and enemy of Rangda, Barong
the demon queen.
• The barong costume resembles a lion
Dance
with long mane, small head, bulging eyes
and sharp fangs. It is manoeuvred by two
men, one in front of the other. The
barong has mischievous but controlled
movements - snapping its jaws now and
Theatre
• Wayang is an Indonesian and Malay word for
“theater”.
• When the term is used to refer to kinds of
Puppet Theater, sometimes the puppet itself is
referred to as wayang.
• Wayang, also spelled Wajang, (Javanese:
“shadow”), classical Javanese puppet drama
that uses the shadows thrown by puppets
manipulated by rods against a translucent
screen lit from behind.
• Developed before the 10th century, the form
had origins in the thalubomalata, the leather
puppets of southern India.
There are four basic forms of wayang:
• Wayang Kulit – shadow puppets
(kulit meaning leather or skin)
• Wayang Orang/Wong – a type of
opera with actors in puppet Wayang
costumes (orang means people in
bahasa and wong means people in
Javanese)
• Wayang Golek/Kletik – rod puppets
• Sendratari Ramayana – a type of
dance drama ballet
• Kulit means skin and refers to
the leather construction of the
puppets that are carefully-cut
into a very fine tools and
Wayang
supported with carefully-
shaped buffalo horn handles
Kulit
and control rods.
• The puppet on the right side
signifies the good character, on the
left hand side, the bad.
• The open space between them,
about 2 meters wide, represents
Wayang
the stage.
• The dalang prepares all the
Kulit
materials used like the cloth and
the light for the shadow.
• o The dalang is the puppeteer,
characterized by his being creative,
humorous, and flexible. He
manipulates the puppets, sings, and
taps out signals to the orchestra and
speaks the parts of all the characters Wayang
• o The use of voice interchangeably
is the main ability of a dalang to give Kulit
more life to a different character.
• o The dalang is the chief performer
who told a story to the
accompaniment of gamelan ensemble.