Batik: Design, Style, & History
Product DescriptionA comprehensive and richly illustrated survey of batik, a glorious textile art and popular Indonesian cloth. Every aspect of batik is rich in symbolism: its colors, motifs, and designs, as well as the way it is made, folded, and worn. Formerly a family and tribal signifier, and then a [...]
The Indonesia Reader: History, Culture, Politics
ISBN13: 9780822344247
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Product DescriptionIndonesia is the world’s largest archipelago, encompassing nearly eighteen thousand islands. The fourth-most populous nation in the world, it has a larger Muslim population than any other. The Indonesia Reader is a unique introduction to this extraordinary country. Assembled for the traveler, [...]
Batik: Design, Style, & History
Product DescriptionA comprehensive and richly illustrated survey of batik, a glorious textile art and popular Indonesian cloth. Every aspect of batik is rich in symbolism: its colors, motifs, and designs, as well as the way it is made, folded, and worn. Formerly a family and tribal signifier, and then a [...]
The History of Jetis Batik From Sidoarjo
Batik as traditional culture from Indonesia, begin to be empowered by Government. The starting policies, because of young generations are not interested in continuing to design batik. Indonesia archipelagos have different culture and language, so batik design performances are the same as culture of people. Sidoarjo and Surabaya are starting point to create Village center [...]
A History of Modern Indonesia
Product DescriptionAlthough Indonesia has the fourth largest population in the world, its history is still relatively unknown. Adrian Vickers takes the reader on a journey across the social and political landscape of modern Indonesia, starting with the country’s origins under the Dutch in the early twentieth-century, and the subsequent anti-colonial revolution which led to [...]
