Analisis Estetis Lukisan Kaca Cirebon Tema Semar dan Macan Ali

Cirebon is a city which located in the province of West Java, near the border of Central Java, and Java Sea. Its position as port city had attracts merchants and made Cirebon to be influenced with many cultures. Cirebon glass painting is a traditional craft which showed how several cultures such as Chinese, Islam, Hindu combined as one. This research was conducted to find the development in Cirebon glass painting compare to the classic works. Cirebon glass painting with primary object Semar and Macan Ali was chosen. One of glass painting pioneer, Rastika, also some artisan who still actively producing glass paintings. The glass paintings were compared to show how the object variation, background development, and caligraphy. Changes, especially in visual, will be compared with the classic works such as works those could be found in Cirebon palace, Keraton. The research showed some glass painting artisans made some changes in visual based of the composition. The primary objects, Semar or Macan Ali, don't have lots of changes, the difference between paintings only in minor features. For example is the placing of minor objects mega mendung and wadasan, plant ornament, and the background. Semar visualization in glass painting is similar with Semar visualization in Cirebon traditional puppet. The visualization in Macan Ali glass painting have similarity with the classic works such as tlawungan and wall hangings made of animal skin