Java Chintz Exhibition Art Presented through 358 beautiful color

Presented through 358 beautiful color photographs and accompanied by explanations of the history

and underscores the creative synthesis that resulted from the integration of Islamic traditions with existing Malay cultural practices

Colonial Spectacles shows that relations between East and West (or the West and its colonies) involved a continuous reconceptualisation of both the 'other' and the 'self'

photography and national history

Java Chintz Exhibition Art Presented through 358 beautiful colorThis publication is the catalogue to the exhibition "Java Chintz" shown at Kobe City Museum in 1988. This Special Exhibition, putting its focus on the art of Javanese Batik which has characteristically been developed in Java, Indonesia, intends to rediscover the traditional beauty of the Batik and, further, to explore part of the multifaceted culture of the country of Indonesia. The brilliant colors and unique patterns with full of exoticism on the