1 option
Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600 Soyoung Lee ; with essays by JaHyun Kim Haboush, Sunpyo Hong, and Chin-Sung Chang
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Soyoung, 1971- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Korean--Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910--Exhibitions.
- Art, Korean.
- Art and society--Korea--Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910--Exhibitions.
- Art and society.
- Art, Korean--Choson dynasty.
- Korea.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs
- Art criticism
- Essays
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 128 pages) illustrations (chiefly color), maps
- Place of Publication:
- New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art New Haven Yale University Press [2009]
- System Details:
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
- Summary:
- "This volume and the exhibition it accompanies present a compelling and eloquent account of the artistic and cultural renaissance in Korea during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The exquisite paintings, ceramics, metalware, lacquerware, and printed books featured in this publication are drawn from the holdings of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and other important museums, institutions, and private collections in Korea, the United States, Japan, and Europe ... These masterpieces were produced under the aegis of Korea's revolutionary last dynasty, the Joseon, which was founded in 1392 and lasted until 1910 ... Joseon society rested upon a reinterpretation of the Confucian principles that had long underpinned the East Asian world. Here, JaHyun Kim Haboush analyzes the initiatives that arose from the sustained this radically restructured civil society, including the development of an alphabet, hangeul, formulated to extend Neo-Confucian values to groups previously excluded from the wider culture; the diligent promotion of proper Neo-Confucian rites; and the relegation of Buddhism to the private sphere, often the royal and aristocratic courts. Soyoung Lee examines the uniquely Korean artistic currents, especially in painting and ceramics, that emerged during this period. Royal and elite patrons supported innovative secular art that transformed past traditions, both native and from the broader Confucian world, and encouraged the development of novel contemporary trends. Sunpyo Hong and Chin-Sung Chang explore the new paradigms formulated by Korean painters. Some recorded the faces and feasts of the newly created bureaucratic class, others engaged with the conventions of traditional Chinese landscape painting, while still others encoded protests and aspirations into seemingly tranquil genre subjects. The early Joseon dynasty gave rise to one of the most fertile cultural climates in Korean history. This is the first English-language publication to treat this singularly productive period"--From Metropolitan Museum of Art website, viewed November 7, 2022
- Contents:
- Creating a society of civil culture : the early Joseon, 1392-1592 JaHyun Kim Haboush Art and patronage in the early Joseon Soyoung Lee Peace under heaven : Confucianism and painting in early Joseon Korea Sunpyo Hong and Chin-Sung Chang Checklist of objects in the exhibition Soyoung Lee Guide to Korean transliterations
- Notes:
- Published in conjunction with an exhibition on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 17-June 21, 2009
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-121) and index
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
- Print version record
- Other Format:
- Print version Lee, Soyoung, 1971- Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600
- OCLC:
- 607828138
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.