Part I. Ancient to Medieval Cultures on the Korean Peninsula. Early Paintings of Korea: Murals and Craft Decorations / Minku Kim -- Sculptures of the Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla / Sunkyung Kim -- Buddhist Architecture, Politics, and Gender in the Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla / Youn-mi Kim -- Art and Artifacts of Three Kingdoms Tombs / Hyunsook Kang. Part ll. The Koryŏ Dynasty. Introduction and Development of Koryŏ Celadon / Namwon Jang -- Koryŏ Buddhist Sculpture: Issues and History / Sun-ah Choi -- The Art of Salvation: New Approaches to Koryŏ Buddhist Painting / Yoonjeong Seo -- Establishing A New Tradition: Koryŏ Buddhist Architecture / Seunghye Lee -- Arts of Refinement: Koryŏ Lacquer and Metalwares / Charlotte Horlyck. Part III. The Chosŏn Dynasty. The Emergence of Confucian Culture: Early Chosŏn Painting / Insoo Cho -- Transformation: Three Centuries of Change in Late Chosŏn Painting / Chin-Sung Chang -- Ceramics and Culture in Chosŏn Korea / Soyoung Lee -- Ritual and splendor: Chosŏn Court Art / Burglind Jungmann -- Faith, Ritual and the Arts: Chosŏn Buddhist Art and Architecture / Unsok Song. Part IV. Modern & Contemporary Developments. Modern Korean Art in the Japanese Colonial Period / Jungsil Jenny Lee -- The Long Breath: Postwar Korean Art / Joan Kee -- Situating Contemporary Art of South Korea, 1980 to 2016 / Young Min Moon -- South Korean Cinema in the Age of Hallyu / Kyung Hyun Kim.
Summary:
"Korean pop culture has become an international phenomenon in the past few years. The popularity of the nation's exports--movies, K-pop, fashion, television shows, lifestyle and cosmetics products, to name a few--has never been greater in Western society. Despite this heightened interest in contemporary Korean culture, scholarly Western publications on Korean visual arts are scarce and often outdated. A Companion to Korean Art is the first academically-researched anthology on the history of Korean art written in English. This unique anthology brings together essays by renowned scholars from Korea, the US, and Europe, presenting expert insights and exploring the most recent research in the field."-- Provided by publisher.
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