eprintid: 10
rev_number: 6
eprint_status: archive
userid: 10
dir: disk0/00/00/00/10
datestamp: 2016-02-10 02:45:12
lastmod: 2016-02-10 02:45:12
status_changed: 2016-02-10 02:45:12
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
contact_email: gunturisi@yahoo.co.id
creators_name: Guntur, Guntur
creators_id: gunturisi@yahoo.co.id
corp_creators: The Batik Department, The Indonesian Institute of Arts, Surakarta
title: Alas and Gunung: Their Representation in the Javanese
Traditional Batik
ispublished: pub
subjects: AH
divisions: sch_edu
full_text_status: public
keywords: Alas, gunung, Alas-alasan , motif, batik, Java
abstract: Alas-alasan is one of the traditional Javanese batik motifs. Motifs that represent the phenomena of alas (forest)
and gunung (mount) are not only belonging to the royal palace batik vocabulary, but also to the one found
outside the palace. For the Javanese, alas and gunung are two important sites. In the Javanese political
phenomena, alas is where the forerunner of establishment Javanese palace. At the same time, it is believed that
gunung is the center of cosmic balance, as the nail of the world. That is why alas becomes an inspiration of
aesthetic creation whose expression can be found in a variety of artifacts by using a variety of media. In addition
to representing the alas, Alas-alasan motifs are also understood as representation of gunung in which various
types of animals are depicted in it. This is understandable, because the alas is mostly located in gunung and hill
areas as habitat for various wildlife. Among various existing types of ornamental motifs, representation of alas in
the traditional Javanese batik motif known as Alas-alasan shows different depiction techniques. In addition,
among Alas-alasan motif in the traditional Javanese batik at different regions, there is a different delineation as
well.
Keyword: Alas, gunung, Alas-alasan , motif, batik, Java
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Arts and Design Studies
volume: 27
publisher: published by IISTE
pagerange: 38-51
refereed: TRUE
issn: ISSN 2224-6061 (Paper) ISSN 2225-059X (Online)
official_url: http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/ADS/index
related_url_url: http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/ADS/article/view/19032/19277
referencetext: Adishakti, Laretna T. (2004), “Yogyakarta: Urban Lifestyle and Heritage Management”. Paper presented in the
International Workshop on Asian Approach toward Sustainable Urban Regeneration, Centre for Sustainable
Urban Regeneration, the University of Tokyo, Japan, 4-7 September.
Adrisijanti, Inajati, Ed. (2003). Mosaik Pusaka Budaya Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta: Balai Pelestarian Purbakala
Yogyakarta.
Berg, C. C. (1974). Penulisan Sejarah Jawa. (Trans.: S. Gunawan). Jakarta: Bharata.
Brakel, Clara. (1997). “Sandhang-pangan for the Goddess Offerings to Sang Hyang Bathari Durga and Nyai
Lara Kidul”, Asian Folklore Studies 56, 253-283.
Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (1939). “Ornament”. The Art Bulletin 21(4), 375-382.
Dowson, J. 1957. A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History and Literature.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd.
Eldridge, Richard. (2003). An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Gray, S. J. M. and P. R. Frese. (1995). “Trees”. In M. Eliade, Ed. The Encyclopaedia of Religion. Volume 15.
New York: Macmillan Library Reference USA, Simon and Schuster and Macmillan.
Haddon, Alfred Cort. (1902). Evolution in Art. London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd.
Heine-Geldern, Robert. (1942). “Conceptions of State and Kingship in Southeast Asia”, The Far Eastern
Quarterly 2(1), 15-30.
Holt, Claire. (1967). Art in Indonesia: Continuities and Change (New York: Cornell University Press.
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia. (1997). “Art and Politics: From Javanese Court Dance to Indonesian Art”. The Journal
of the Royal Anthropological Institute 3(3), 473- 495.
Jasper, J. E. en Mas Pirngadie. (1916). De Batikkusnt de Inlandsche Kunstnijverheid in Nederlandsch Indië. Vol.
II. Meuton: The Hague.
Jessup, Helen Ibbitson. (1992). Court Arts of Indonesia. New York: The Asia Society Galleries.
Kathirithamby-Wells, J. (1992). Sociopolitical Structures and the Southeast Asian Ecosystem: an historical
perspective up to the mid-nineteenth century. In Ole Brunn and Arne Kalland, Eds. Asian Perpsective of Nature.
Copenhagen: Nordic Proceedings in Asian Studies
Kempers, A. J. Bernet. (1959). Ancient Indonesian Art. Cambridge, Massacusetts: Harvard University Press.
Kerlogue, Fiona. (2004). Arts of Southeast Asia. London: Thames and Hudson Inc.
Kitley, Philip. (1992). “Ornamentation and Originality: Involution in Javanese Batik”. Indonesia 53, 1-19.
Laksono, P. M. (1985). Tradisi Dalam Struktur Masyarakat Jawa Kerajaan dan Pedesaan Alih-ubah Model
Berpikir Jawa. Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press.
Lee, Peluso Nancy. (2006). The Emergence of ‘Scientific’ Forestry in Colonial Java. (Online) Available:
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/5736/5736.ch03.htm, (September 2006).
Lekka, Lila and Sofia Dascalopoulas. (2008). “Motifs and Symetry Characteristics of the Ornamentation on
Greek Woven Textiles from the Area of the Aegean”. Fibres & Textiles in Eastern Europe 16(3), 74-78.
Lombard, Denys. (2005). Silang Budaya. Jilid III. Jakarta: PT. Gramedia Pustaka Utama.
Mabbett, I. W. (1983). “The Symbolism of Mount Meru”. History of Religions 23(1), 64-83.
Mault, Natalie A. (2005). Java as A Western Construct: An Examination of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles’s The
History of Java. (Master Thesis). The Graduate of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and
Mechanical College.
Maxwell, Robyn. (1990). Textiles of Southeast Asia: Tradition, Trade and Transformation. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Moedjanto, G.. (1997). Kepemimpinan dan Kekuasaan dalam Budaya Jawa: Suatu Tinjauan Historis. Paper
presented in “Seminar Balai Kajian Sejarah dan Nilai Tradisional dan Lembaga Javanologi”, Yayasan
Panunggalan Yogyakarta, 23 Desember 1997.
Moertono, Soemarsaid. (1985). Negara dan Usaha Bina Negara di Jawa Masa Lampau: Studi tentang Masa
Mataram II Abad XVI sampai XIX. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia.
Morphy, Howard and Morgan Perkins (Ed.) (2006). The Anthropology of Art. Victoria: Blackwell Publshing Ltd.
Mulayan a, S.. (2006). Tafsir Sejarah Nagara Kretagama. Yogyakarta: PT LKiS Pelangi Aksara.
Pemberton, John. (2003). On the Subject of Java. (Trans.: Hartono Hadikusumo). Yogyakarta: Mata Bangsa.
Pihlström, S. (2002). “Pragmatism, Art, and the Real World”. Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education
1(1), 1-30.
Protschky, Susie. (2007). Cultivated Tastes: Colonial Art, Nature and Landscape in the Netherlands Indies. (A
Doctoral Dissertation: University of New South Wales, Sydney).
Rader, Melvin. (1960). A Modern Book of Esthetics: An Anthology. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Raffles, Thomas Stamford. (1965). History of Java. Volumes 1. Kuala Lumpur, London, New York: Oxford
University Press.
Rand, A. (1975). The Romantic Manifesto. Second Expanded Edition. New York: New American Library.
Ricklefs, M. C. (1998). The Seen and Unseen Worlds in Java 1726-1759: History, Literature and Islam in the Court of Pakubuwana II. Honolulu
and University of Hawai’i Press.
Ricklefs, M. C. 2008. Sejarah Indonesia Modern 1200-2004. (Trans.: Wahono, Satrio et al.). Jakarta: PT.
Serambi Ilmu Semesta.
Sajid, R. M. (1984). Babad Sala. Solo: Rekso Pustoko.
Santoso, Revianto Budi. (2000). Omah: Membaca Makna Rumah Jawa. Yogyakarta: Yayasan Bentang Budaya.
Soekmono, R. (1967). A Geographical Reconstruction of Northeastern Central Java and the Location of Medang.
Indonesia 4, 2-7.
Soekmono, R. 1981. Pengantar Sejarah Kebudayaan Indonesia I. (Yogyakarta: Penerbit Kanisius.
Sumardjo, Jakob. Hutan Bagi Orang Jawa dan Sunda Masa Lalu. (Online). Available: http://www.pikiranrakyat.com/cetak/0703/10/khazanah/lainnya01 10.htm (April 2007).
Sumarsih, S. (1990). Upacara Tradisional Labuhan Kraton Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta: Departemen Pendidikan
dan Kebudayaan.
Susanto, Sewan. (1980). Seni Kerajinan Batik Indonesia. Yogyakarta: Balai Penelitian Batik dan Kerajinan.
Lembaga Penelitian dan Pendidikan Industri, Departemen Perindustrian Republik Indonesia.
Teeuw, A. (2005). Kata Pengantar. In Lombard, Denys. Nusa Jawa: Silang Budaya. Jilid I. Jakarta: PT.
Gramedia Pustaka Utama.
Thompson, Herb. (2001). “Crisis in Indonesia: Forest, Fires and Finances”. Electronic Green Journal 1(14), 1-
23.
Triyoga, Lucas Sasongko. (1990). Manusia Jawa dan Gunung Merapi: Persepsi dan Kepercayaan. Yogyakarta:
Gadjah Mada University Press.
Twikromo, Y. Argo. (2006). Mitologi Kanjeng Ratu Kidul, Yogyakarta: Nidia Pustaka.
Wagner, Frits A. (1959). The Art of Indonesia: the Art of an Island Group. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.
Wessing, R. (1990). “Sri and Sedana and Sita and Rama: Myths of Fertility and Generation”. Asian Folklore
Studies 49, 235-257.
White, Randall. (1992). “Beyond Art: Toward an Understanding of the Origins of Material Representation in
Europe”. Annual Review of Anthropology 21, 537-564.
Wright, Astri. (1991). Javanese Mysticism and Art: A Case of Iconography and Healing. Indonesia 52, 85-104.
van Dyke, John C. (1887). Principles of Art: Part I, Art in History; Part II, Art in Theory. New York: Fords,
Howard & Hulbert.
van Bruinessen, Martin. (1990). “Mencari Ilmu dan Pahala di Tanah Suci: Orang Nusantara Naik Haji”. Ulumul
Qu’ran II(5), 42-49.
van der Kroef, Justus M. (1951). “The Hinduization of Indonesia Reconsidered”. The Far Eastern Quarterly
11(1), 17-30.
van der Kroef, Justus M. 1955). “Folklore and Tradition in Javanese Society”. The Journal of American Folklore
68(267), 25-33.
Zoetmulder, P. J. (1994). Kalangwang: Sastra Jawa Kuno Selayang Pandang. Jakarta: Penerbit Djambatan.
citation:   Guntur, Guntur   Alas and Gunung: Their Representation in the Javanese Traditional Batik.  Journal of Arts and Design Studies, 27.  pp. 38-51.  ISSN ISSN 2224-6061 (Paper) ISSN 2225-059X (Online)     
document_url: http://repository.isi-ska.ac.id/10/1/19032-21280-1-PB%20%28guntur%29.pdf