Art in Indonesia: Continuities and Change is Claire Holt's monumental work which presents a comprehensive study of the development of Indonesian art, from the prehistoric, classical, Islamic, colonial to modern periods. This book examines various forms of art—including architecture, sculpture, painting, crafts, and ritual art—with historical, anthropological and aesthetic approaches. Holt…
The Mystical World of Indonesia was written by Allen M. Sievers and published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 1974. This work examines the dynamics of Indonesian culture and how traditional values interact, conflict, and even transform through the currents of modernization and economic development during the New Order. Sievers highlights aspects of mysticism, value systems, leadershi…