what is indonesia's sculture?
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answer: Indonesian art has been shaped by interaction between indigenous customs and foreign influences, including Hinduism , Buddhism , and Islam .
Indonesian painting before the 19th century was mostly restricted to the decorative arts, considered to be a religious and spiritual activity.
Notable artwork includes the mural paintings on the long houses of the Kenyah people of Borneo , which are based on endemic natural motifs such as ferns and hornbills.
A tradition of Balinese painting uses narrative imagery to depict scenes from Balinese legends and religious scripts; these paintings can usually found in Indonesian palm-leaf manuscripts and on the ceilings of Balinese temples.
Under the influence of the Dutch colonial power, a trend toward Western- style painting emerged in the 19th century.
The most famous indigenous 19th century Indonesian painter is Raden Saleh (1807–1877), who was the first indigenous artist to study in Europe and was heavily influenced by Romanticism .
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Borneo: The third-largest island in the world and the largest island in Asia.
Raden Saleh: A pioneering Indonesian Romantic painter of Arab-Javanese ethnicity; he was considered to be the first “modern” artist from Indonesia (then Dutch East Indies), and his paintings corresponded with 19th century romanticism, which was popular in Europe at the time.