Balinese Art

Art of Hindu- Javanese origin that grew from the work of artisans of the Majapahit Kingdom, with
their expansion to Bali in the late 13th century.
From the 16th until 20th centuries the village of Kamasan, Klungkung,( East Bali ), was the center of
classical Balinese art developed.
During the 1st part of 20th century, new varieties are of Balinese art developed.
Late 20th century, Ubud and its neighboring villages established a reputation or as the center of
Balinese Art.
TRADITIONAL BALINESE PAINTING:
COCKFIGHTING by Ketut Ginarsa

-Ubud and Batuan known for their paintings.

BATUBULAN FOR THEIR STONE CARVINGS.

“ A highly developed although informal Baroque folk art that combines the peasants liveliness with
the refinement of classicism of Hinduistic Java, but free conservative prejudice and with a new
vitality fired by the exuberance of the demonic spirit of the tropical primitive “.
-Covarrubias
“ Balinese art is actually carved, painted woven, and prepared into objects intended for everyday use
rather than as object d’ art.
-Eiseman
In the 1920s, the arrival of the western artist had a very little influence on the Balinese
until the post WWII period although there are same accounts over emphasize by the
western presence at the expense of recognizing Balinese creativity.

Walter Spies A life in Art

Adrien Jean le Mayeur Arie Smit Donald Friend

Balinese artists incorporated
aspects of perspective and
anatomy of these artist.
BUTHANESE ART

It is similar to the art of Tibet.

Each divine id assigned special shapes, color, and identifying objects:

 Lotus
 Conch-shell
 Thunder bolt
 Begging bowl
The Major order of Buddhism in Bhutan are:
 Drukpa Kagyu- documenting the lineage of Buddhist masters and the 70 Je
Khenpo
 Nyingma- image of Padmasambhava

PADMASAMBHAVA hid a treasures for future Buddhist masters, especially

Pema Lingpa, to find.

The treasure finders ( Tertön ) are also frequent subjects of Nyingma art.
Pema Lingpa
-Bhutanese saint and siddha of the Nyingma
school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Born: 1450, Bhutan
Died: 1521, Tamshing Lhakhang གཏམ་ཞིང་ལྷ་ཁང་།,
Bhutan
Books: The life and revelations of Pema
Lingpa, MORE
Children: Dawa Gyeltsen, Tuksé Drakpa
Gyalpo
Grandchildren: Tulku Tendzin Gyalpo, Pema
Trinle
  Buthanese Art is rich in bronzes of different kinds that are collectively
known by the name Khan-so
 Wall paintings & sculptures are formulated on the principal ageless ideas of
Buddhist art form.

“Spirit and identity of the Himalayan kingdom”

Is defined as the art of Zorig Chosum
Which means the “Thirteen arts and crafts of Bhutan.”
The Thirteen crafts are:
 Carpentry
 Painting
 Paper making
 Blacksmithery
 Weaving
 Sculpting
Buthanese rural life is also displayed in the ‘Folk Heritage museum’ in Thimphu
JAPANESE ART
  Art in Japan has undergone series of transitions and
periodization.

 Japan has transitioned into a cultural mixing pot.

 Based on artifact such as ceramic figures and

ornaments.

 It was influenced by Korean and Chinese artworks.

 HANIWA

Ceramic figures that is made up of

clay that were made for ritual use and
buried with the dead as funerary
objects.
 BUDDHISM

Buddhist temples also

became staples in key
places. Art in essence
became an expression of
worship of the Japanese.
 Ukiyo-e
Is an art movement which is flourished 17th through
19th Centuries. It’s artist produced woodblock prints
and paintings of such subjects as travel scenes and
landscapes, female beauties, Kabuki actors & sumo
wrestlers.
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Artist: Hokusai
Period: Ukiyo-e
Location: Numerous
Subject: Mount Fuji
Created: 1820–1831
Dimensions: 25.7 cm ×
37.8 cm (10.1 in × 14.9
in)

Utagawa Hiroshige
born Andō Hiroshige, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the
last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his
horizontal-format landscape series The Fifty-three Stations of the
Tōkaidō and for his vertical-format landscape series One Hundred
Famous Views of Edo.
Born: 1797, Edo
Died: October 12, 1858, Japan
Period: Ukiyo-e
Education: Toyohiro
Known for: Painting; Printing

Tōshūsai Sharaku
was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits
of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his
birth or death are known.

Born: Edo
Nationality: Japanese
 Japanese art
It covers from sometime 10th millenium BC
to the
present.

Second half of the 17th Century

They originate single color works of
Hishikawa Moronobu
Ayame no Sikku
Suzuki Harunobu developed the technique
of polychrome printing to produce nishiki-e

Woman visiting the shrine in

the night.
 Nishiki –e
Is a type of Japanese multi-colored woodblock printing.
The technique is used primarily in Ukiyo-e. It was
invented in 1760s.
Japanese Painting
(Kaiga)
Is one of the oldest and most
highly refined of the
Japanese arts.
Simple stick figures and
geometric designs on Jomon
Period pottery and Yayoi
period.
Mural paintings with both
geometric and figurative
designs have been found in
Kofun period.