The Cirebon Style
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Calligraphy in Cirebon grew within the traditional arts. Besides on batik, calligraphy appears on amulets and paintings executed on glass.
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THAT afternoon, Kiai Haji Imron Ismail showed two paintings of Islamic calligraphy. The two works contained words of love from a husband to his wife. This was ordered by a kiai in Lirboyo, said the 65-year-old man at his home in Tulungagung village, Kertasmaya district, Indramayu regency, West Java.
Some other calligraphy paintings, each measuring roughly 20 x 30 centimeters, were all wrapped up. There are 11 works here. Some of them were ordered
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