Beauty of Korea Rediscovered: Buddhist Painting
Author: Seunghee Kim, Marie Yoo
Publisher: Sol
336 pages.
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| >>>This book is written in Korean only. |
About This Book
<Beauty of Korea Rediscovered> is a series of books put together by museum
curators, to inform both Koreans and foreigners of the Korean art throughout the
Korean history. Wonderful photographs and illustrations help better understand
the subjects. Highly informing and entertaining for all readers who is
interested in Korean art, professionals and non-professionals alike, with
luxurious editing and binding.
General Information on Korean Art
===> The geographical location of the Korean peninsula, which lies at the
eastern edge of Asia between China, Russia, and Japan, has been crucial to its
history and culture. Divided into several states or kingdoms from early times
and suffering invasion and occupation from China, Manchuria, Mongolia, and
Japan, Korea nevertheless remained a unified country from the seventh century to
the twentieth. This book traces the development of its culture through art and
archaeology, beginning in the Neolithic period (c. 6000 B.C.). Buddhism,
introduced to Korea from China during the first millennium A.D., was to become
the dominant religion throughout the succeeding centuries, reaching its height
of wealth and influence in the Koryo dynasty (918-1392) as the aristocratic
lifestyle at court became increasingly lavish. Confucianism replaced Buddhism
during the Choson dynasty (1392-1910), but both traditions continued to be
represented.
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