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Expressions are more subtle and human than anywhere else in ancient Indonesian art. The figures' bodies, sculpted delicately with scant clothing and wayang-puppet caps, are seen from the front awhile the head and feet are turned sideways. Thus the name 'wayang-style', which is used often to describe ancient East Javanese basreliefs. Mahy times there re magical or supernatural settings. Central Javanese basreliefs are hollowed out deeper, whereas in East Java they are much shallower. The East Java architectural style was likewise more slender. Temples have narrower bases, are less symmetrical, and are comparatively smaller than the large complexes of Central Java. East Javanese temple art was less religious, and syncretism actually went so far as to show both Buddhist and Hindu symbols on the same building.

At candis Kedaton, Panataran, and Surawana, you can best see the 'wayang-style'; and on large-scale candis Jago, Singosari and the smaller Kidal you can see best the active and unusual blending of Buddhism and Hinduism. Humans and animal statues were also modeled more freely and show more movement in East Java. The fierce guardian images in the a/un2 west of Singosari are done in a typical naturalistic East Javanese style, while the Central Javanese guardians at Prambanan and at Kalasan are much more peaceful in appearance.