Bruce W. Carpenter Bücher

In 1904, W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp landed on this little-known island with an irrepressible lust for adventure. The young man fell deeply in love with the "Island of the Gods" and its people in spite of their terrible reputation as war-like heathens. In the next three decades Nieuwenkamp explored the island, recording numerous details of native art and architecture of the era, resulting in the creation of more than 1,000 three major books, and scores of other publications. This book, with its collection of art and authoritative commentary, provides insight into pre-colonial Bali.

Lempad of Bali is being produced by the Museum Puri Lukisan in Ubud in conjunction with a major retrospective exhibition of the renowned Balinese artist I Gusti Nyoman Lempad that will be held in the museum from September 20 to October 20, 2014. With some 600 illustrations, the book will function as a catalogue raisonnee dedicated to the life and art of this seminal artist, who has been rightly called the father of the Balinese Pita Maha group of artists. The text will be authored by a team of five respected experts including John Darling, the director of the acclaimed film on Lumpad of the same name, Hedi Hinzler, senior professor and Bali expert at Leiden University, Kaja McGowan, the curator of the Clair Holt collection and professor at Cornell University, Adrian Vicker, professor at Sydney University, Soemantri Widagdo, curator of the Museum Puri Lukisan, and Bruce W. Carpenter, Indonesian art expert.

Bali vermittelt seinen Besuchern den Eindruck, hier eines der letzten Paradiese auf Erden zu erleben. Wer der Vis-à-Vis-Empfehlung folgt und nicht gerade zu den großen Feiertagen kommt, wenn Kurzurlauber aus der Region die Insel bevölkern, hat alle Chancen Kunst und Kultur, sportliche Aktivitäten und das mittlerweile sehr reichhaltige kulinarische Angebot in vollen Zügen zu genießen. Weniger turbulent geht es auf Balis Nachbarinsel Lombok zu - ein Geheimtipp für alle, die abseits des Trubels Erholung suchen. Mit praktischen Tipps von der Tempel-Etikette bis zum Regenzeitkalender, von Einkaufstipps bis zu Bus-Rundreisen schafft Vis-à-Vis alle Voraussetzungen für einen Traumurlaub auf den Trauminseln.