Wayang Kulit

Wayang kulit, shadow puppets prevalent in Java and Bali in Indonesia, are without a doubt the best known of the Indonesian wayang. Kulit means skin, and refers to the leather construction of the puppets that are carefully chiselled with very fine tools and supported with carefully shaped buffalo horn handles and control rods. [Definition taken from Wikipedia.com]

Here are some examples

KAMASAN STYLE - BALINESE ART

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Balinese Art - Kamasan Style

Kamasan is a painting style based on shadow puppet characters. Its roots can be traced back to the Majapahit Empire in Java.

To know more about it, take a look at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balinese_art

Here are some examples of Kamsan artworks:

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Khambhavati Ragini - A lady preforms the Brahma puja with an attendant on a palace terrace

A lady preforms the Brahma puja with an attendant on a palace terrace - Khambhavati Ragini, Rajput Painting Mid 18th Century 

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Tô Ngọc Vân - Young Woman with Lily

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General view of inner mt. Geumgang by Jeong Seon

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Hiroshige - Man on horseback crossing a bridge

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