Arts Flashcards
(25 cards)
Thai silkworms are fed a diet of ___ leaves.
Thai silkworms are fed a diet of mulberry leaves
Thai silk is produced from the ___ of ____.
It is mainly produced in ___ which is the center of the silk industry in Thailand.
Cocoons, Thai silkworms
Khorat
Silk weaving in Cambodia dates to as early as the ___ century since textiles were used for trading.
First
Main types of Cambodian weaving:
___ (Khmer term: ___) - to create patterns, weavers ___ and ___ portions of weft yarn before weaving begins. Common motifs include lattice, star, and spots.
___ - it yields single or two-color fabrics, which are produce by weaving ___ threads so that the color of ___ thread dominates on one side of the fabric, while the other two determine the color on the reverse side.
Ikat: chongkiet, tie and dye
Uneven twill, three threads, one thread
Cambodian textiles have employed natural dyes coming from ____-red dye;___-blue dye;___-yellow and green dye; and ___-black dye.
insect nests, indigo, prohut bark, ebony bark
Cambodia’s modern silk-weaving centers are ___, ___, ___, ___, and ___ provinces. Cambodian silk is generally sold domestically, where it is used in ___ (___ ___), ____, and ___ (___ ___).
Takeo, Battambang, Beanteay Meanchey, Siem Reap, Kampot
Sampot; wrap skirts, furnishing, and pidan (pictoral tapestries)
Rural women often weave ____ ____ fabric, which is used in garments and for household purposes. ___, the traditional check ____ worn almost universally by ___, are made of cotton.
Homemade cotton, Krama, scarves, Cambodians
___- the ___ women’s ankle long skirt whose form is undeniable, but whose patterns are unique to each skirt.
Sihn, Lao
____ ____ silks were born in Vietnam.
Many of our Vietnamese fabrics originated from __ ___, the center of weaving and sericulture (____ ___ ___) for centuries.
Golden thread silks
Ha Dong
Silk worm production
Some popular Vietnamese fabric ranges are:
_____
_____
_____- an all natural lustrous silk hand woven in southern Vietnam and naturally dyed using ____ ____ pods. The fabric dates back over a century, hut was only recently revitalized by the designer __ __ ___.
Shantung taffeta
Bengaline weave
Ebony satin, ebony fruit, Vo Viet Chung
Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
The fabric most common to both countries is the ___. The term ___ is an ____-____ word, believed to be related to the Malay word ___, which means “____”, “___”, or “___”.
Batik, batik, Indonesian-Malay, titik
Point, dot, drop
Two categories of batik desgins
___
___
Geometric motifs
Free form designs
In Malaysia, the states of ___ and ___ are considered to be the cradle where batik first flourished, reaching even ___’s shores.
There are two main types or batik that are produced there:
____ ____ - the artist uses the canting, a small copper container with one or more different-sized pipes.
____ ____ - is done by welding together strips of metal to form a metal block. The metal block is then dripped into molten wax and pressed against the fabric in order to make a pattern.
Kelantan, Terengganu, Singapore’s
Hand painted
Block printed
Nowadays batik is featured as the uniform of ___ ___ for the official flag carrier airlines of ____, ____, and ___.
Flight attendants
Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia
Brunei’s traditional textile is also called batik but it is uniquely different from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Its designs have their natural flower ___, ___-___ (____ ___) and Brunei’s traditional design of ___ ___.
Simpur, sumboi-sumboi (pitcher plant), air muleh
___-___ batik designs are created through the art of layering and mixing of colors injected with creativity.
Batik can be done in four different ways:
1. ____-____
2. ____ ___ ____
3. ____ ____
4. ____ ____
Hand-drawn
Using metal blocks
Screen printing
Digital printing
Sky Lantern Festival
_____ _____ are made out of rice paper with a bamboo frame, which contain a fuel or a small candle.
___ ___ _____, this festival is held on the 12th full moon, usually in November, with ___ ___ believed to have the brightest and most spectacular celebrations.
Flying lanterns
Loy Krathong Festival
Chang Mai
Indigenous people represent __.__ percent of the total population in ____.
____ are part of their traditional culture and their livelihood as they produce textiles, baskets, jars, pottery, and other tools for their daily use.
1.4 percent
Cambodia
Handicrafts
In this country, they make paper by hand in the wider region for ___ years using the bark of the local __ or ___ tree. The bark is then ___ and ___ in water until it dissolves into a paste.
700 years
Sa or mulberry tree
Crushed and soaked
Vietnamese ___ ____ is one of the most popular forms of art in Vietnam.
Vietnamese ___ ___ typically showcase the ____, ____, ____, ___, or ___.
Silk painting
Silk painting
Countryside, landscapes, pagodas, historical events, or scenes of daily life.
____ ____
____ in modern Indonesian language means “___” or “___”.
___ means ___, a reference to the leather material that the figures are carved out of.
Others say that wayang is also attributed to the Indonesian word ___ which means “___”.
Wayang Kulit
Wayang, show or perform
Kulit, skin
Bayang, shadow
The ___ tells the story, interprets and voices each character, producing sound effects with speech and movement and manipulates all the figures between the lamp and the screen to bring the shadows to life.
Most shadow play is based on two epic stories from India- the _____ and the _____.
Dalang
Mahabharata, Ramayana
___ ___ in Malay is a uniquely designed Malaysian kite. Its wings are similar to an Arabic letter (pronounced “___”).
Malaysia has been celebrating kite festivals annually like the _____.
Wau kite
“wow”
Pasir Gudang International Kite Festival
____ (also called ___ or ___) is a cap widely worn in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, the southern Philippines, and southern Thailand, mostly among Muslim males in formal gatherings or festive occasions.
Songkok (peci or kopiah)
