A Narrative and Art Style Exploration in Designing Mural: The Chinese Culture of Tanjung Pinang City
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.220404.011How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- art style; mural art design; Chinese culture; Tanjung Pinang
- Abstract
The Riau Archipelago with Tanjung Pinang as capital city has a unique history involves various nations, ethnicities and tribes such as Portuguese, Netherlands, China, India, Malaysia and Singapore. In decades, it shows the influences increased by the Chinese ethnic through social life and culture tradition. As stated by Tan, 1900-ish, Tanjung Pinang in 1906 -1910 was dominated by Chinese ethnic with the largest percentage in Indonesia, with total 58.86%. The arrival of Chinese ethnic in Tanjung Pinang has existed since the 17th century, with the evidence of Tien Hou Kong Temple (Vihara Bahtrra Sasana) has built in the Chinatown region at that time. This fact was a starting point for author to observe the Chinese culture of Tanjung Pinang into a narrative as well as the art style that can be applied in Chinatown region with mural. The purpose of this mural is part of tourism development and promotion of Chinatown region (Kota Lama) in Tanjung Pinang. The method used is qualitative research mainly in visual observation, interview and literature review. The result found that realism, decorative patterns, expressionism, surrealism, art deco, futurism, and pop art are the most considerable. The narrative itself using narrative painting and narrative illustration based on the history of Chinese ethnic arrival; and its culture that influences the economic such as: foods, beliefs, festival, customs, and language.
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TY - CONF AU - Mariati Mariati AU - Andreas Andreas PY - 2022 DA - 2022/04/21 TI - A Narrative and Art Style Exploration in Designing Mural: The Chinese Culture of Tanjung Pinang City BT - Proceedings of the 3rd Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 63 EP - 71 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220404.011 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220404.011 ID - Mariati2022 ER -