Factors which Influenced the Style of Malaysian Printmaking: 1930-2000

Abstract

Printmaking can be classified as relief, intaglio, planographic, and digital print. Malaysian printmaking has been developing since the Colonial Era. The objectives of this research are to trace and identify the factors that influence the development of style in Malaysian printmaking. This research will use qualitative methods with an art historical approach based on the primary and secondary data. The works of printmaking are divided into two main categories, the Pre-Independence Era and Post-Independence Era. This study used theories by Shapiro, Panofsky, and Feldman to investigate the findings and possibilities that can identify the factors that have influenced the style. Keywords: Style, Printmaking eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by E-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behavior Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioral Researchers on Asians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behavior Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI9.3939