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BALI PAINTING AS A CULTURES REFLECTION

July 5, 2009

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BALI PAINTING AS A CULTURES REFLECTION

Bali Painting - Solo DancerA process of drawing something in a flat form using paint or ink is called a painting. Have a closer meaning with aesthetic and art makes a painting as an object fully contain with creativity implementation. A painting can represent someone imaginer feeling to amused art curator or a person who loves painting or just to eyes sight seeing. Naturalism and representative is a way of painting creativity, these two themes can be a painter narrative act to pour a story of everything at their painting.

Firstly, a history of painting is detected through cave paintings which were found in several countries such as in French, Spain, Portugal, China, Australia, India etc. Cave painting is a reflection of life in prehistoric era and will be a record for modern era. When a man start to recognizing a cultures, then painting development is not just using cave wall as media to paint but its already use other media; canvas, fabric, board etc. Natural color from a charcoal and limestone are also turning to a modern media use such as paint or ink which is vary in type. Spiritual motif giving a big influences for all development history of a painting in both Western and Eastern country, other motifs also derive from painter creativity.Painting - Trio Dancer

When culture began to touch Bali, especially in ancient of Hinduism era, painting is being introduced as an art. Proved that in Bali’s Sanskrit is a form of hand painting brushed at a stone, most of these painting are depiction of Kingdom or spiritual leader on that year, so their movement and their history could be detected on Bali’s heritage. First Bali’s painting was found at Kemasan (Klungkung regency) as form of a puppet painting, this painting was purposes as a gift to procession of proposing King’s Banyuwangi (a region in Eastern Java) daughter. First puppet painting is being inspired by stories of Ramayana epic. Simple character of painting combined with natural media giving a new era in Balinese painting. Then painting was developed and began spreading to other places until founded some painting style in accordance of a place where it began to make. Kemasan, Batuan, Ubud are native region in painting style and be direction style to Bali’s painter on their painting. Uniformity style of two dimension painting is also affected by traditional Bali’s culture of ancient Hinduism.

Painting - Old Lady SmileSince inclusion of Western culture in Bali’s life in year 1926 and 1928, Bali began to introduce with painting in three dimension look. This style had been brought by Walter Spies and Rudolf Bonnet. Lighting, coloring, and arrangement of space in Bali’s painting are begun to modernize. Painting object orientation is lead to become freedom choice in a painting. Effort in earning standard and quality of Bali’s paintings is about to find its way.

How far does standard and quality being developed? We could find the answer by exhibited on Bali’s paintings.

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Valmiki's Sanskrit at Pura Dalem Ubud, Gianyar

February 1, 2009

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Valmiki’s Sanskrit at Pura Dalem Ubud, Gianyar

pura-dalem-ubud-gianyar-regencyAs far as foot will go, as far as eyes will see, as much as ears will hear, a God’s story will being still a heavenly rumors to be settle in a collaboration of every human being culture. Created by Valmiki (being known as Baghawan Walmiki in Balinese community), Ramayana Epic is not just an ordinary fairy-tale to be read for a young Balinese but what is written inside is an tremendous Sanskrit epic belong to heavenly God. Inside, when this chain of Sanskrit being open, a beautifully words will bouncing and bring a reflection of devotion, loyalty, worship, and a learning library for all ethical human being and a leader conducts their self at all times. Performing many characters from angel till demon, this epic could give wide sight to understand a humanitarian side of the world. A Valmiki Sanskrit poem that always whisper around this mother land by twin son of Rama’s will bring human being to know Rama, the main character of the epic.

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