Gesture in Visual Narrative Reliefs of Karmawibhangga Borobudur as An Ancient Javanese Locality Value

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211228.040How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Karmawibhangga Relief; Narrative Structure; Visual Language; Gestures; Navarasa

Abstract

The relief of Karmawibhangga tells the form of a series of short stories in a full circle embedded at the foot of the underground Borobudur temple, Central Java - Indonesia. Currently, the visual reliefs story cannot be understood properly by visitors. It is known that the main character becomes the centre of attention for the audience or reader in a story. The ability to read and interpret the story of relief, especially the main characters is very useful for visitors to build a higher quality experience and knowledge in the edutainment media of the Borobudur heritage destination. However the interpretation of characters gestures in the visual reliefs is unknown. This study focuses on the main character’s gestures with visual narrative text structure approach, about the form of the story or content that is constructed by events and existence. The visual language method is useful to analyse what and how the visual relief gestures are depicted. Then the nawarasa aesthetic is used as a method for classifying nine meaning of gesture, which reveal actions both physically and mentally. The aesthetic concept of nawarasa has undergone a creative transformation into a unique ancient Javanese aesthetic form. As we can clearly see, the research findings show that most of the Karmawibhangga reliefs depict the daily life of the ancient Javanese people which is very distinctive with various social stratifications.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hendy Hertiasa
AU  - Imam Santosa
AU  - Irfansyah Irfansyah
AU  - Pindi Setiawan
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/28
TI  - Gesture in Visual Narrative Reliefs of Karmawibhangga Borobudur as An Ancient Javanese Locality Value
BT  - Proceedings of the ICON ARCCADE 2021: The 2nd International Conference on Art, Craft, Culture and Design (ICON-ARCCADE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 307
EP  - 316
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211228.040
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211228.040
ID  - Hertiasa2021
ER  -