GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The islands of Java and Bali in Indonesia absorbed religious and artistic influences from India. Merchants and missionaries brought Indian culture to this area from the 3rd century CE. onward. The arts of the kingdoms of central and eastern Java between the 8th and early 16th centuries represent a complex mixture of native tastes and the influence of both Buddhist and Hindu art from India. Vishnu and Shiva were major deities, and there are significant Hindu temples in central Java. One of the masterpieces of Javanese, and indeed world art and architecture, is the great Buddhist temple complex of Borobodur.
Adapted from
Anne Bromberg, The Arts of India, South East Asia, and the Himalayas (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Have: Yale University Press, 2013), 205.
NOTES
1963.33 Ganesha
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VIDEO ASSETS
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WEB RESOURCES
- UNESCO~Learn more about Borobodur Temple Compounds in Java
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES (digitized/non-digitized)
FUN FACTS
TEACHING IDEAS
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apply to objects where geography_ancestor_id equals 7003695
apply to objects where geography_ancestor_id equals 1006395
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General Description
The islands of Java and Bali in Indonesia absorbed religious and artistic influences from India. Merchants and missionaries brought Indian culture to this area from the 3rd century CE. onward. The arts of the kingdoms of central and eastern Java between the 8th and early 16th centuries represent a complex mixture of native tastes and the influence of both Buddhist and Hindu art from India. Vishnu and Shiva were major deities, and there are significant Hindu temples in central Java. One of the masterpieces of Javanese, and indeed world art and architecture, is the great Buddhist temple complex of Borobodur.
Adapted from
Anne Bromberg, The Arts of India, South East Asia, and the Himalayas (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Have: Yale University Press, 2013), 205.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
(digitized/non-digitized)
Web Resources
- UNESCO~Learn more about Borobodur Temple Compounds in Java
Notes
1963.33 Ganesha
rules
Apply To
Objects
geography_ancestor_id
Equals
7003695
Apply To
Objects
geography_ancestor_id
Equals
1006395
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Content
content
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Java
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Content
content
Contains
Bali
source file
cultures_and_traditions-0058.xml.nores