期刊名称：Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
印刷版ISSN：1411-2272
电子版ISSN：2407-6899
出版年度：2018
卷号：19
期号：2
页码：463-465
DOI：10.17510/wacana.v19i2.712
语种：English
出版社：University of Indonesia
摘要：Batik is a process to make designs on textiles by wax either drawn by hand or printed with metal stamps. This colour resist wax technique can be found in many countries, but it has been developed and reached its perfection in Indonesian Batik. Batik which is developed in Indonesia has its own philosophical values, and it has been acknowledged by UNESCO in October 2009 as one of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Since then, people have started to consider it as an art which has to be developed and documented in a written form. There are a variety of books on batik which discuss various functions and meanings of batik patterns and themes on batik fabrics and also catalogues of batik patterns that have been published. However, the book which thoroughly examines the influence of batik outside Indonesia both as a textile with its main function as part of fashion and as a theme and inspiration for artists is only this book, Batik Jawa bagi dunia - Javanese Batik to the world written by Maria WronskaFriend. The book explores the uniqueness as well as the merits of Indonesian batik as fabric which is worn by royal families in the past and also by common people. Later on, its function was broader and it was used as decorations in various ornaments. Moreover, this book portrays how batik, as a commodity developed in the Dutch colonial era, has become a commodity that the Dutch brought to Africa. It also shows how batik art (patterns and themes) has influenced Vienna Secession, an art movement which incorporates fashion and architecture in Gesamtkunstwerk or ‘total work of art’ in Vienna. Textile and fashion design were other significant areas in the Viennese workshop’s concept of an architectural environment as a Gesamtkunstwerk (Skrypzak and Copeland Buenger 2003).
