Sculpture

The art of carving or engraving a decorative image with concave portions (kruwikan) and convex portions (buledan) that make up a beautiful picture. Understanding is growing up known as an art sculpture which make up the picture on wood, stone, or other materials.
Indonesia began to recognize the nation carved from the stone age youth (Neolithic), ie about 1500 BC. In those days the nation Indonesia telahmembuat ancestors carved on stone axes, forged clay or other materials encountered. Motifs and carving craftsmanship of that era are still very simple. Generally in the form of geometric patterned lines, dots, and arches, with the material clay, stone, wood, bamboo, leather, and animal horns At the time, better known as the Bronze Age, ie around the year 500 to 300 BC. Materials to make the carving has been progressing yanitu using materials bronze, gold, silver and so forth. In the manufacture of cast carving is using the technology. Motifs in the Bronze Age is gunakanpada motif meanders, tumpal, double gyre, masks, as well as animals and humans. Motif found in nekara bronze meanders from Mount Merapi near Bima. Tumpal motif found on a bronze jug from Kerinci West Sumatra, and on the outskirts of a nekara (moko from Alor, NTT. Motifs double gyre is found in nekara bronze from West Java and the vessel of bronze darikerinci, Sumatra. Motifs mask found on the neck of a jug of Sumba . Nusa Tenggara, and the bronze ax from the lake Sentani, Irian Jaya. This motif illustrates the face and eyes of people who give magical powers that could ward off evil. Motifs of animals and humans found in nekara from Sangean.
After Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam arrived in Indonesia, carving has developed very rapidly, in the form of production design, and motives. Carving found on the body-badancandi and inscriptions that made people in those days to commemorate the kings. Form of carvings are also found on the weapons, like a dagger and spear, tombstone, mosques, palaces, musical instruments, including gamelan and wayang. Motif carvings, in addition to describing the shape, sometimes containing a story about the gods, mythical heroism, etc.. The evidence of history carved relics of the period can be seen in temple reliefs in Blitar, and Mendut Prambanan temples in Central Java.
When carving wood and metal now experiencing rapid development. And fungsinyapun has shifted from the things that smell just as magically turned into a wood carving tool includes an ornamental motif saja.pada Pejajaran, Majapahit, Mataram, Pekalongan, Bali, Jepara, Madura, Cirebon, Surakarta, Yogyakarta, and a variety of motifs derived of luarJawa. Motives