Publication Date: April 14, 2009 | Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art
This notable catalogue—the first English-language publication on the subject—highlights the art of the early period (1392–1592) of Korea’s revolutionary Joseon dynasty. The Joseon rulers replaced the Buddhist establishment and re-created a Korean society informed on every level by Neo-Confucian ideals. They supported the production of innovative secular art inspired by past traditions, both native and from the broader Confucian world. Yet despite official policies, court-sponsored Buddhist art endured, contributing to the rich complexity of the early Joseon culture.
The exquisite paintings, porcelain and other ceramics, metalware, and lacquerware featured in the book are drawn from the holdings of major Korean and Japanese museums, the collection of the Metropolitan Museum and other U.S. collections; and private collections. Many of the works have never been seen in the United States.
Soyoung Lee is Assistant Curator, Department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. JaHyun Kim Haboush is King Sejong Professor of Korean Studies, East Asian Languages and Cultures, and History, Columbia University. Sunpyo Hong is Professor of Korean Art History, Department of Art History, Ewha Woman’s University. Chin-Sung Chang is Assistant Professor of East Asian Art History, Department of Archaeology and Art History, Seoul National University.
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Hardcover: 140 pages
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art (April 14, 2009)
This review is from: Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) (Hardcover)
This book was purchased to compare paintings on sliding doors and screens in Korea compared to those in Japan. However the most interesting conclusion in this book is the direction Korea took in the renaissance period to become a lay society based on Chinese scholarship and to reduce the power of Buddhist temples and the military, becoming thus Athens vs Japan's Sparta. Too bad that many art works of the period no longer exist.
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