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Book Treasures from Korea

    Book Details:
  • Author : Insoo Cho
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2014
  • ISBN : 9780300204124
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Treasures from Korea written by Insoo Cho and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Joseon dynasty left a substantial legacy for modern Korea, influencing contemporary etiquette, cultural norms, and societal attitudes. This book intends to survey the artistic production of the world's longest-ruling Confucian dynasty, which reigned on the Korean peninsula from 1392 to 1910.

Book Special Lecture on Korean Paintings

Download or read book Special Lecture on Korean Paintings written by Chu-sŏk O and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special Lecture on Korean Paintings provides readers with a comprehensive and readable introduction to major aspects of old Korean arts. The volume explores the vast heritage of Korean paintings, providing a rich panorama of information that stretches across the entire spectrum of Korean painting. The book will have wide appeal, not least to art lovers and students of Koreana. Throughout the book, the author takes a humanities approach to various topics, ranging from the climate, history of Korea, and Chinese poetry to the human spirit and the aesthetic

Book Art of the Korean Renaissance  1400 1600

Download or read book Art of the Korean Renaissance 1400 1600 written by Soyoung Lee and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2009 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Beyond Line

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  • Author : Stephen Little
  • Publisher : National Geographic Books
  • Release : 2019-05-28
  • ISBN : 3791358146
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Beyond Line written by Stephen Little and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning two millennia and including nearly 150 works of art, this elegant book traces the history of Korean calligraphy from the first century to the present. Offering an extraordinary window into Korean culture, this magnificent volume brings a multidisciplinary approach to the history of Korean writing--from the earliest texts from the Three Kingdoms period to its use in contemporary art. Beyond Line discusses the social and cultural conditions that led to the creation of calligraphic works by a wide range of people, including kings, queens, officials, scholars, painters, monks, and even slaves. It also explores the variety of materials employed in the creation of the art--from paper, ink, and bamboo to ceramics, silk, and metal. In addition, it looks at how calligraphy was used both to maintain Korea's historical class structure and, as literacy spread, to incite social change for women, merchants, and other segments of society. The authors explore how the invention of the hangeul phonetic script led to a more global identity for Korea, and how this script continues to shape contemporary art and design. Beyond Line illuminates the restrained beauty, strength, and flexibility of Korean calligraphy. Copublished by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books

Book CH   AEKKORI PAINTING

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  • Author : Kay E. Black
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-06-24
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book CH AEKKORI PAINTING written by Kay E. Black and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Arts of Korea

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  • Author : Yang-mo Chŏng
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 0870998501
  • Pages : 513 pages

Download or read book Arts of Korea written by Yang-mo Chŏng and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1998 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalog highlights one hundred of the finest examples of Korean ceramics, metalwork, and decorative arts, Buddhist sculpture, and painting. One of the few English-language volumes to be published on the subject, Arts of Korea is a comprehensive introduction to an important East Asian cultural and artistic tradition. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Book In Grand Style

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  • Author : Hyonjeong Kim Han
  • Publisher : Asian Art Museum  
  • Release : 2014-01-07
  • ISBN : 9780939117673
  • Pages : 266 pages

Download or read book In Grand Style written by Hyonjeong Kim Han and published by Asian Art Museum  . This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Korean art book is an exploration of the Joseon Dynasty. In Korea, life milestones have traditionally been celebrated with festivals and feasts. Such celebrations helped to define and honor an individual's identity. In Grand Style presents rare and exquisite objects drawn from some ten museums in Korea. Highlights include a ten-panel folding screen of Celebrations on the Crown Prince's Birth from 1874, a portrait of Emperor Gojong from 1897, a Royal Procession to the Royal Tomb at Hwaseong from 1795, and kings' thrones and palanquins. The book documents Korea's taste for splendor and grandeur. It explores the meaning and obligations of kingship, the elite culture of the court and the upper class during the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), and the complex roles of women in organizing and presenting elaborate celebrations, in the grandest of styles.

Book The Arts of Korea

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  • Author : Elizabeth Hammer
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9780300093759
  • Pages : 166 pages

Download or read book The Arts of Korea written by Elizabeth Hammer and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. This book was released on 2001 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the rich artistic heritage of Korea: a blend of native tradition, foreign infusions, and sophisticated technical skill.

Book Dress History of Korea

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  • Author : Kyunghee Pyun
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2023-04-20
  • ISBN : 1350143383
  • Pages : 369 pages

Download or read book Dress History of Korea written by Kyunghee Pyun and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-20 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together a wealth of primary sources and with contributions from leading experts, Dress History of Korea presents the most recent approaches to the interpretation of dress and fashion of Korea. Through close analysis of visual, written, and material sources-some newly excavated or recently re-discovered in global museums-the book reveals how dress and adornment evolved from the period of state formation to the modern era. Authors with a range of academic and curatorial experience discuss the close relation of dress and adornments to the socio-political and cultural history of Korea and place the dress history of Korea within broader contexts in studies of fashion, material culture, museology, and costume design. As in other cultures, modern Korean fashion owes many of its styles to historic dress and this process of adaptation is explored within high fashion and popular culture contexts in ways that benefit historians, curators, and designers alike. With key materials newly available to global readers, Dress History of Korea is the indispensable guide to the study of Korean dress and fashion.

Book The Space Between  The Modern in Korean Art

Download or read book The Space Between The Modern in Korean Art written by Virginia Moon and published by Delmonico Books. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring over 130 artworks--some previously unpublished--this richly illustrated volume is essential for understanding modern art in Korea and how it evolved to meet the contemporary global context In The Space Between, a generative period in Korean art between the traditional and the contemporary is illuminated comprehensively for the first time. After the centuries-long Joseon dynasty came 35 uninterrupted years of the Japanese colonial period (1910-45) followed by the Korean War (1950-53). During this tumultuous time, Korean artists grappled with issues such as identity and nationalism and experimented with a broad range of media. The book is organized into five categories: "The Modern Encounter"-- foreign influences enter the country in a significant way in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; "The Modern Response"--how foreign methods are accepted or rejected; "The Pageantry of the New Woman (Sinyeoseong) Movement"--modern women's attitudes; "The Modern Momentum"--advances in using foreign styles; and "Evolving into the Contemporary"--a glimpse into the contemporary. Most notable during this period are the introductions of photography, sculpture and oils, which arrived via Japan and came to define modern art in Korea. At the same time, traditional ink painting reinvented itself: works grew larger in scale while keeping traditional landscape motifs with alterations in the use of color and composition. Artists of modern ink believed that theirs was the true future of modern art, unsullied by elements found in the West. By the end of the Korean War, the magnified status of the US made way for access to American abstract art and, indirectly, European informel. For nearly a decade, abstract expressionist and informel styles dominated Korean art. The volume concludes in the 1960s, setting the stage for contemporary art in Korea.

Book Looking East

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  • Author : Burglind Jungmann
  • Publisher : Getty Publications
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 1606061313
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Looking East written by Burglind Jungmann and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2013 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fascinating exploration of the mystery that surrounds of Ruben's most well-known and intriguing drawings. Peter Paul Rubens was one of the most talented and successful artists working in 17th-century Europe. During his illustrious career as a court painter and diplomat, Rubens expressed a fascination with exotic costumes and headdresses. With his masterful handling of black chalk and touches of red, Rubens executed a compelling drawing that features a figure wearing Asian costume - a depiction that has recently been identified as Man in Korean Costume. Despite the drawings renown - both during Ruben's own lifetime and in contemporary art scholarship - the reasons why it was made and whether it actually depicts a specific Asian person remain a mystery. The intriguing story that develops involves a shipwreck, an unusual hat, the earliest trade between Europe and Asia, the trafficking of Asian slave, and Jesuit missionaries.

Book Korean Culture

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1982
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 556 pages

Download or read book Korean Culture written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Diamond Mountains

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  • Author : Soyoung Lee
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Release : 2018-02-05
  • ISBN : 1588396533
  • Pages : 166 pages

Download or read book Diamond Mountains written by Soyoung Lee and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mount Geumgang, also known as the Diamond Mountains, is perhaps the most famous and emotionally resonant site on the Korean Peninsula, a magnificent range of rocky peaks, waterfalls, and lagoons, dotted with pavilions and temples. Since ancient times, it has inspired cultural pride, spurred spiritual and artistic pilgrimages, and engendered an outpouring of creative expression. Yet since the partition of Korea in 1945 situated it in the North, Mount Geumgang has remained largely inaccessible to visitors, shrouded in legend, loss, and longing. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana} Diamond Mountains: Travel and Nostalgia in Korean Art is the first book in English to explore the pictorial representations of this grand and varied landscape. The special exhibition it accompanies, organized by Soyoung Lee, Curator in the Department of Asian Art, examines the evolution of Diamond Mountains imagery from the golden age of Korean true-view painting in the eighteenth century to the present day. Even today, when a profusion of Instagram photos can make the world’s most obscure sites and geographical oddities seem familiar, the Diamond Mountains portrayed here in album leaves, scrolls, and screens will be a revelation to many.

Book Interpreting Modernism in Korean Art

Download or read book Interpreting Modernism in Korean Art written by Kyunghee Pyun and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the development of national emblems, photographic portraiture, oil painting, world expositions, modern spaces for art exhibitions, university programs of visual arts, and other agencies of modern art in Korea. With few books on modern art in Korea available in English, this book is an authoritative volume on the topic and provides a comparative perspective on Asian modernism including Japan, China, and India. In turn, these essays also shed a light on Asian reception of and response to the Orientalism and exoticism popular in Europe and North America in the early twentieth century. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, the history of Asia, Asian studies, colonialism, nationalism, and cultural identity.

Book Koreana   Spring 2012  English

    Book Details:
  • Author : The Korea Foundation
  • Publisher : 한국국제교류재단
  • Release : 2013-03-30
  • ISBN : 8986090473
  • Pages : 277 pages

Download or read book Koreana Spring 2012 English written by The Korea Foundation and published by 한국국제교류재단. This book was released on 2013-03-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lineages  Korean Art at The Met

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eleanor Soo-ah Hyun
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Release : 2023-08-01
  • ISBN : 1588397785
  • Pages : 52 pages

Download or read book Lineages Korean Art at The Met written by Eleanor Soo-ah Hyun and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Arts of Korea Gallery, this issue of the Bulletin invites us to reflect on the past while embracing the future. Featuring objects from the Bronze Age to the present, Lineages: Korean Art at The Met illustrates both the continuities and ruptures of style, form, and medium that have defined the dynamic terrain of Korean art. The 47 works included—from lacquer and ceramics to paintings and collage—express Korean tradition, history, and socio-cultural change over more than three centuries of creativity. This volume honors one of the first museum galleries in the United States dedicated to Korean art by offering readers a greater understanding of the nation's aesthetic past and future.

Book Korean Art from 1953  Collision  Innovation and Interaction

Download or read book Korean Art from 1953 Collision Innovation and Interaction written by Yeon Shim Chung and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive survey to explore the rich and complex history of contemporary Korean art - an incredibly timely topic Starting with the armistice that divided the Korean Peninsula in 1953, this one-of-a-kind book spotlights the artistic movements and collectives that have flourished and evolved throughout Korean culture over the past seven decades - from the 1950s avant-garde through to the feminist scene in the 1970s, the birth of the Gwangju Biennale in the 1990s, the lesser known North Korean art scene, and all the artists who have emerged to secure a place in the international art world.