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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 3434136, member: 2844&quot;]Absolutely.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think Javanese is highly unlikely. Never say never, until you know for sure, that is, but it doesn&#039;t strike me as a subject Javanese artists would be interested in making. They are very good at incorporating Javanese subjects into international art styles, making their art look very Javanese.</p><p>And as far as I know, Java is not a region where art is copied solely for commercial purposes. It certainly wasn&#039;t in the Art Deco period, when it was still Dutch.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the late 19th and early 20th century the Dutch had a policy of promoting traditional arts and crafts, to preserve Javanese culture. There is Art Deco on Java, but that is mostly architecture, and mostly by Dutch architects. Very beautiful though.</p><p>The only accepted contemporary art by Javanese artists was the &#039;Mooi Indië School&#039; (mostly painting and sketching), which had already been established in the 17th-18th century and evolved during the 19th century. It was accepted because of it&#039;s history.</p><p>This gazelle and lady is far from &#039;Mooi Indië&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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