Bali Re-visited

A. G. Maisey · 15th May 2010, 12:22 AM

I invariably have a number of books laying around the house that I read in bits and pieces, mostly while I'm doing something else.

I read over breakfast and lunch. Don't read over dinner because I usually don't have dinner.

I read while I'm watching TV or DVD's.

I've got a book that deals with backache open on the desk beside me as I use this computer.

For years, my method of reading has been to speed read --- scan a page until I note something of interest, read that carefully a couple of times, then go back to scanning. I don't read for entertainment, I read to gain knowledge.

A couple of days back I opened up Miguel Covarrubais' "Island of Bali" --- I was looking for info on the form of the eye in Balinese art --- and I've been trapped into a slow, recreational read of this book.

I last read it in probably the late 1970's, but I'm now reading it slowly again, just for enjoyment. I'd forgotten what a really great book this is.

For those of you who have not yet read it, I give it my highest recommendation:-

Miguel Covarrubais, "Island of Bali"

many different editions.

Gustav · 15th May 2010, 12:29 AM

A silent movie filmed by Covarrubias in Bali (gamelan with the probably most famous balinese dancer, I Marya (or Mario): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmy3vJVH190

Rick · 15th May 2010, 01:07 AM

Thanks, I'll look for it .

Not expensive in paperback at all .

Don't know if the pictures are included in the P-Back edition .

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...bali&x=64&y=15

A. G. Maisey · 15th May 2010, 01:18 AM

My edition is the Oxford University Press paperback.

The illustrations in this are not too bad, I don't know about the other paperbacks.

The illustrations are important.

I have handled one old edition in hardback, and my memory of that is that the illustrations were excellent.

Rick · 15th May 2010, 01:25 AM

Yeh,
I checked Amazon and the H-B copies from the '30's run US $40.00 plus .

A. G. Maisey · 15th May 2010, 02:34 AM

I think the hardback that I handled was in the Mitchell Library in Sydney, and I'm pretty sure it was this one:-

http://www.rubylane.com/shops/molotov/item/4774

but the plates in my Oxford edition are pretty OK too.

15th May 2010, 12:22 AM	#1
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,858	Bali Re-visited I invariably have a number of books laying around the house that I read in bits and pieces, mostly while I'm doing something else. I read over breakfast and lunch. Don't read over dinner because I usually don't have dinner. I read while I'm watching TV or DVD's. I've got a book that deals with backache open on the desk beside me as I use this computer. For years, my method of reading has been to speed read --- scan a page until I note something of interest, read that carefully a couple of times, then go back to scanning. I don't read for entertainment, I read to gain knowledge. A couple of days back I opened up Miguel Covarrubais' "Island of Bali" --- I was looking for info on the form of the eye in Balinese art --- and I've been trapped into a slow, recreational read of this book. I last read it in probably the late 1970's, but I'm now reading it slowly again, just for enjoyment. I'd forgotten what a really great book this is. For those of you who have not yet read it, I give it my highest recommendation:- Miguel Covarrubais, "Island of Bali" many different editions.

15th May 2010, 01:07 AM	#3
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,288	Thanks, I'll look for it . Not expensive in paperback at all . Don't know if the pictures are included in the P-Back edition . http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...bali&x=64&y=15 Last edited by Rick; 15th May 2010 at 01:20 AM.

15th May 2010, 12:29 AM	#2
Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,241	A silent movie filmed by Covarrubias in Bali (gamelan with the probably most famous balinese dancer, I Marya (or Mario): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmy3vJVH190

15th May 2010, 01:18 AM	#4
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,858	My edition is the Oxford University Press paperback. The illustrations in this are not too bad, I don't know about the other paperbacks. The illustrations are important. I have handled one old edition in hardback, and my memory of that is that the illustrations were excellent.

15th May 2010, 01:25 AM	#5
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,288	Yeh, I checked Amazon and the H-B copies from the '30's run US $40.00 plus .

15th May 2010, 02:34 AM	#6
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,858	I think the hardback that I handled was in the Mitchell Library in Sydney, and I'm pretty sure it was this one:- http://www.rubylane.com/shops/molotov/item/4774 but the plates in my Oxford edition are pretty OK too.