Vol. 2 No. 1 (2008)

Impressionism is an art movement that firstly established in France in the middle of 19th century. Claude Monet, Èdouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas are famous male impressionist artists that were known by many, yet there are famous female impressionist artists such as Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzales, and Marie Bracquemond that deserve to be known as well. The presented paper discusses the aesthetics value and meanings of paintings of these female impressionist artists, through the perspective of art criticism, historical method, and women studies. Object of…

This study looks to understand more on the possibility of improving the quality of housing environment based on community initiative that sustain residents

Defense and security are serious business, as they represent the integrity and dignity of a nation. It is understandable to assess military power and facilities as crucial to a nation

The tradition of illustrated writing and drawing was found in the old manuscripts of Indonesia. Some parts of those old manuscripts show unique illustrations depicting local identity of Nusantara. It is thought that the manuscript reflects societal culture of thinking as well as aesthetic achievement of visual art. The illustrations of those old Javanese manuscripts were well documented and represented in various visual styles, drawing methods, themes, and visualized objects; even though their visual concepts practically resembles to each other. The presented paper discusses the visual…

For centuries, human used various forms and/or elements of art as an effort to

Universal design is a design approach which considering that all products, building, exterior and interior spaces be usable to the greatest possible extent by all, regardless of ages and abilities. Given its importance, this approach needs to be promoted and socialized, especially for the design of public facilities (including interior and its complement) in Indonesia. BILiC (Bandung Independent Living Centre) started the assessment for the importance of universal design on public facilities with the 2007 ”Accessible Restroom” international design competition. The presented paper discusses…

The Indonesian visual art movement are through hard time, struggling in response to the ever happen complexity of art in the world around; as experience by Yogyakarta