Religious Aesthetics of Wedding Invitation Cards in East Java Community

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  • Sumanto Department of Primary and Pre-School Education, Faculty of Education, State University of Malang, Jawa Timur, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v3i4p112

Keywords:

Religious Aesthetic, Wedding Invitation Card, East Java Community

Abstract

The study aims to describe: (1) the aesthetics of style, packaging, shapes, colors, images, photographs, cultural objects, language diversity and typography, trinkets, and (2) religious aesthetics of wedding invitation card based on the perspective of community in East Java. This is descriptive study with the subjects of wedding invitation card documents in East Java, and they were analyzed based on the principles of fine art. The results showed that: (1) the existence of the wedding invitation cards in East Java is a cultural phenomenon product in Indonesia that has developed in terms of creation of models, shapes, sizes and beauty of the visual elements, in line with the advancement of printing and design technology; (2) the wedding invitation cards have the aesthetic impression and the religious meaning based on the expectation, belief or taste from the creators. The aesthetics of the wedding invitation card were determined by the creation of design, packaging, paper type, color, the size of the invitation card, the visualization of images, ornaments, photographs, text, typography, and trinkets displayed.

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01.06.2017

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Sumanto. (2017). Religious Aesthetics of Wedding Invitation Cards in East Java Community. International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies, 3(4), 112-123. https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v3i4p112

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