Sultan Agung Through the Brush Strokes of S. Sudjojono
Description:... THIS BOOK thoroughly examines the 38 sketches of “The History of Sultan Agung’s Battle” painting, which is one of S. Sudjojono masterpieces as The Father of Indonesian Modern Painting. Supplemented with historical data and experts’ analyses, reading each page brings us into the realm of the maestro’s mind about the essence of struggle, friendship and humanity. “As a nationalist, I have the tendency to take sides, but on the other hand, as an artist I also have a personal opinion to tell my own story...closer to being objective rather than to take sides...that negotiating is 100 times better than killing once,” Sudjojono commented on his work. It is not an exaggeration that the painting of “The History of Sultan Agung’s Battle”, now in the collection of The Jakarta History Museum, and as this book has thoroughly examined, is deserving to be a National Cultural Heritage.
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