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An encycylopedia of breef articles intended for use by elemntary school students.rnVolume 1 : Abolitionist movement - AngolarnVolume 2 : Animal - BaseballrnVolume 3 : Basketball - Carroll, LewisrnVolume 4 : Carson, Rachel - ConnecticutrnVolume 5 : Conquistadors - EcologyrnVolume 6 : Economy - Food ChainrnVolume 7 : Football - Harrison, William HenryrnVolume 8 : Hawaii - InuitrnVolume 9…
Bali is as much a state of mind as it is an island. Man's greatest dreams and most terrifyang nightmares, come alive each day in the religious rituals, art, theater and music that dominate, every facet of life. Such cultural pursuits import a special ambience to the contours of the land itself - to the spledid terraced padis, the smouldering mountains, the waterfalls that cascade into ravines,…
This book is mainly the work of Hans Hoefer, founde of the Insight Guides series. Hoefer, a German Book designer and photographer, has traveled widely. During one of his travels to Bali, he was inspired to document his visit in words and pictures. The result, Insight Guide Bali, published in 1970. rnSingapore has long been the focus of the world's must storied region. Singapore shows you why i…
The enigmatic Philippines defy easy description. This archepelago of 7,000 odd islands sometimes seems to be floating in the wrong waters. Here is a land whose geography has placed it in Southeast Asia, but whose religion is predominantly Roman Catholic, whose colonists were Spanish and American, whose cuisine seems sedaste compared to the spicy chileies and curries of its mainland neighbors.
With the ever growing interst in art related to Indonesia, Dutch art dealers Leo Haks and Guus Maris recognized the need for a guide to the foreign srtists who produceed such work. During three years of intensice research including nearly 3,000 artists: Haks and Maris Lexicon of Foreign Artists who Visualilzed Indonesia 1600 - 1950. This includes biographies for wach artist identified, lists th…
Tucked away amidst the rugged peaks and fertile plateaus of South Sulawesi, the southwestern peninsula of Indonesia's fourth largest island. Tana Toraja has remained pretty much in isolation untul the beginning of the 20th century. Today this spectacular mountain paradise deaws tourists and writers who are intrigued by its unique culture that is found nowhere wlse in the world. Living in houses…
The architecture of indonesia reflects both the cultural diversity of the region and its rich historical inheritance. The wide range of vernacular styles is the legancy of an austronesia architectural tradition characterised by wooden pile dwelings, high pitched roofs and extended roof ridges. The great Hindu - Buddist temples of Java, on the other hand, share an indian ancestry, though indigen…
Indonesian art has an unbroken tradition reaching back 5,000 years. Beginning with prehistoric art, this volume goes on to trace the emergence of traditional folk art, and the gradual progression into contemporary representation. We find examples of cave and rock art , ancient bronzes and megalithic sculptures, and examine how many of these early motifs find expression in later artistic forms. …
Indonesia’s vast cultural diversity is exemplified in the endless variety of its performing arts, from entertaining processions and village mask dances to the wayang shadow puppet theatre of Java with stories taken from the Indian epics and the local Panji cycle, from traditional musical accompaniments by the full slendro and pelogtuned gamelan and smaller local ensembles to the wayang wong a…