The first one is the doctoral dissertation of Edi Sedyawati entitled:
Gaeța statuary of the Kairi and Singhasțri Periods, VKI 160, xii
+ 368 pp., ISBN 90 6718 066 1.
This important study is the first to attempt to carry out a quantitative analysis
of Indonesian statuary, based on exhaustive measurements of the surviving
Gaeța statues on Java, which are at present found in museums around the
world, as well as in situ in Java itself. In an innovative approach,
the statues are grouped into clusters with shared characteristics, which makes
it possible to trace their origin, dating and purpose.
A second book in the field of Indonesian archaeology and art is the bundle
edited by Marijke J. Klokke and Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer, entitled:
Ancient Indonesian Sculpture, VKI 165, vi + 213 pp., ISBN 90 6718
076 9.
'The articles in this volume were originally presented as papers at a
symposium on ancient Indonesian sculpture, which was held in the
Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in May 1988, on the occasion of the exhibition
Divine Bronze; Ancient Indonesian bronzes from AD 600 to 1600 in the
department of Asiatic Art. Ten articles are presented here, covering a wide
range of subjects on Indonesian sculpture, ranging from descriptions of
individual statues to style and usage.
Thirdly, the long awaited dissertation of Vincent J.H. Houben was published,
entitled: Kraton and Kumpeni - Surakarta and Yogyakarta, 1830-
1870, VKI 164, vii + 396 pp., ISBN 90 6718 077 7.
This dissertation, defended in 1987, deals with the principalities of Central
Java, an area pivotal in the politics, economics and social reality of post Java
War Netherlands East Indies. This study, covers forty years of relations
maintained by the Javanese princes with the Dutch colonial state, as well as
among themselves, in the period of the so-called Cultivation System.
The first book of 1995 is: Wisseling van de Wacht, samengesteld door Henk Maier, Don van Minde en Harry Poeze, 1995, 176 pp, ISBN 90 6718 078 4. It is a collection of stories, or part thereof, by Indonesian authors translated into Dutch. The stories deal with the Japanese occupation of Indonesia (1942-1945). As memories from Indonesia of this war are important, it is to be hoped that this book will also be translated into English to serve a wider reading audience.
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