Temple Reliefs: The Potential for Character Education in Art Education based on the Local Wisdom

There are many temple reliefs in Java. The temple reliefs have an aesthetic form and consist of good values. But, art learning practice do not utilize the potential. This study aims to explain the good values in manifestation of temple relief for learning art. This paper used descriptive qualitative approach. The technique of collecting the data would use observation, interviews, and documentation. The technique of analyzing the data would use data reduction, data presentation, and data verification. The results of this study show that reliefs on the temple have good values. They are good, sacrifice, love, affection and religious value as well. In addition to the interesting visual, the relief contain implicit values that function as a means of maintaining and developing a good showing in the group of societies. Therefore, the group of character education in art education through learning art based on local wisdom of the temple, the learners can recognize character values. So that art learning is able to use local potential of temple reliefs in practicing art.