| Symbolism in Korean Ink Brush Painting Contributor(s): Mullany, Francis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1901903893 ISBN-13: 9781901903898 Publisher: Global Oriental OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2006 Annotation: This volume is the first of its kind in English to explore the vast heritage of Korean brush and ink paintings, in particular during the classical period, which runs from the mid-seventeenth to the end of the nineteenth century, as well as the modern period. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Asian - General - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: 759.951 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 7.2" W x 9.8" (3.04 lbs) 414 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With more than 200 colour plates, and for the first time available as a study in English, this volume explores the vast heritage of Korean ink brush painting, providing a rich panorama of information that stretches across the entire spectrum of Korean art - including painting, pottery, calligraphy and literature, which will have wide appeal, not least to art lovers and students of Korean Studies. Part I presents the material in essay form; Part II, which uses a dictionary format, summarizes the information in Part I and highlights the hidden messages and symbolism inherent in literati ink brush painting in Korea. When China and Japan opened up to outside influence in the nineteenth century, Korea maintained a closed-door policy, becoming known as the 'hermit kingdom', only to be swallowed up in the struggle for hegemony between the Great Powers. Annexation by Japan in 1910 threatened Korea's language and culture with extinction. Liberation in 1945 was followed by the tragedy of the Korean War in 1950. In the period of reconstruction after the Korean War, artists and scholars faced the task of retrieving Korea's endangered cultural tradition. Ink brush painting is a unique part of this tradition; its history stretches back through the Choson dynasty when Chinese influences were assimilated and absorbed and made into Korea's distinctive tradition. |
