Buku ini berisi puisi-puisi yang terbit di festival Puisi Internasional tempat orang-orang dari bahasa, bangsa, dan latar belakang berbeda saling berjumpa dari hati ke hati melalui puisi.
Buku ini berisi kumpulan karya yang terbit di majalah Horison pada paruh kedua tahun 2008. Bagi teman-teman yang tertarik untuk membaca karya-karya sastra yang terbit 10 tahun pasca runtuhnya Orde Soeharto di Indonesia, referensi ini dapat menjadi koleksi yang membuka wawasan tersebut.
Leonardo Da Vinci--Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Engineer, Inventor, Scientist-- was one of the greatest creative geniuses ever known to man. Leonardo embodies the spirit, aspirations, and diversity we have come to associate with Italian Renaissance. His inexhaustible intellectual energy drove him to explorations and discoveries of unique scope and significance in a number of fields, yet his c…
Francisco De Goya, EL Greco, Velazquez, Picasso-this is the pantheon of Spanish painters. Each was a genius, immune to convention, who rewrote the rules of painting in his time. Here, the Spanish art historian Jose Gudiol explores Goya's complex character and technique, grounding his discussion in the common talk of the artist's life — a childhood of poverty, humiliation in the face of the ac…
WHEN MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI DIED IN 1564 there ended a career unparalleled in the arts. This volume includes all of Michelangelo's paintings, presented in 40 large color plates and many sizable black-and-white reproductions. Michelangelo's career was continuously devoted to sculpture; painting--and architecture-— occurred only sporadically. For he painted primarily at the behest of three Ren…
Rembrandt's Priceless Pictures are Unequalled for their eloquance and human compassion, their deep understanding of mandkind, and the dramatic beauty of their expression. The fluctuations of color and light reflect his sense of the innermost realities of life. Forty of his greatest paintings are reproduced here, in addition to many black-and-white illustrations in the text, and special gravure …
Batik is one of the most prominent expressions of the cultural identity of the Malay world. Not only is it the most popular traditional type of textile in Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia, but the various decorative styles used, bear testimony to a cultural history that spans at least two thousand years.rnThis book traces the origins and development of the motifs and patterns used in…
Cerita mengenai Affandi, seniman terkemuka Indonesia adalah suatu cerita perjalanan mengikuti pencarian tanpa henti seorang insan manusia untuk mengungkapkan arti kehidupan di sekelilingnya. rnBuku Affandi ini di samping merupakan suatu rekaman karya-karya pelukis Affandi, juga didukung sebuah Esei berisi sketsa kehidupan pelukis tenar ini yang ditulis oleh Dr. Umar Kayam. Umar Kayam mendekati…
Court Arts of Indonesia accompanies one of the three major exhibitions of the Festival of Indonesia, a celebration taking place throughout the United States. The Festivals provides an opportunity for Americans to become familiar with the traditions of Indonesia-the world's fifth largest country-a vast archipelago with more than 13,000 islands and 200 languages. Court Arts of Indonesia focuses o…