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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 399029, member: 2844&quot;]They would have been the same as they had been for centuries. You can see them in museums, and a lot of photographs online as well. Mostly polychrome religious carvings, made for temples and palaces, etc.</p><p>Art Deco was only introduced ca 1930, although it was already thriving on neighbouring Java and Madura.</p><p>Around the turn of the last century Bali was still considered a dangerous place for many outsiders. The Balinese still had the reputation of being cruel slave hunters, widow-burners and looters of stranded ships. Even though many Balinese were perfectly nice people of course.</p><p>Some Western artists visited the island during peaceful times in the late 19th-early 20th century, but never had any real influence. From reading their accounts they were always glad to be back in Java.</p><p><br /></p><p>For an account from around the time of the introduction of Art Deco to Bali, I can recommend &quot;Island of Bali&quot; by Miguel Covarrubias.</p><p>Miguel Covarrubias was a Mexican artist, and one of those who had a tremendous influence on Bali Art Deco.</p><p>You can see the relationship between the human form in his work and Balinese carvings from the 1930s onward:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fb0%2F7e%2F88%2Fb07e8842cf02c9748ad2ab153dda3f16.jpg&amp;sp=97866c28c3b13712cdadfb2f90ef94de" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-rtRFIM_huuI%2FUJmC3remruI%2FAAAAAAAAxl8%2FsA5ESPpQO4E%2Fs1600%2FCaptura%2Bde%2Bpantalla%2Bcompleta%2B04112012%2B223209-001.jpg&amp;sp=b3c53354f0163608598d45dfcf8009ba" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F1d%2Fd6%2F8a%2F1dd68a76530c38d952b671ffb1e7ce98.jpg&amp;sp=cb218018d4270f108ce1baa613a22ca1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdg19s6hp6ufoh.cloudfront.net%2Fpictures%2F613110014%2Fmedium%2FMiguel_Covarrubias_Island_of_Bali.jpeg%3F1476794828&amp;sp=4392b6b1d0e4b2650f1f1ab29e4ec8ae" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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