A Companion to Korean Art (eBook)

J.P. Park, June and Simon Li Associate Professor of Chinese Art History at the University of Oxford, UK. Burglind Jungmann is Professor Emerita of Korean Art and Visual Culture at the University of California Los Angeles, USA. Juhyung Rhi is Professor of Buddhist Art History at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

About the Editors vii

Notes on Contributors ix

Editors' Preface xiii

Series Editor's Preface xvii

Introduction: The Contours of Korea's Cultural History 1
Donald L. Baker

Part I Ancient to Medieval Cultures on the Korean Peninsula 27

1 Early Paintings of Korea: Murals and Craft Decorations 29
Minku Kim

2 Sculptures of the Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla 57
Sunkyung Kim

3 Buddhist Architecture, Politics, and Gender in the Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla 87
Youn-mi Kim

4 Art and Artifacts of Three Kingdoms Tombs 107
Hyunsook Kang

Part II The Koryo Dynasty 133

5 Introduction and Development of Koryo Celadon 135
Namwon Jang

6 Koryo Buddhist Sculpture: Issues and History 159
Sun-ah Choi

7 The Art of Salvation: New Approaches to Koryo Buddhist Painting 183
Yoonjung Seo

8 Establishing a New Tradition: Koryo Buddhist Architecture 205
Seunghye Lee

9 Arts of Refinement: Lacquer and Metalwares of Koryo 235
Charlotte Horlyck

Part III The Choson Dynasty 261

10 The Emergence of Confucian Culture: Early Choson Painting 263
Insoo Cho

11 Transformation: Three Centuries of Change in Late Choson Painting 291
Chin-Sung Chang

12 Ceramics and Culture in Choson Korea 321
Soyoung Lee

13 Ritual and Splendor: Choson Court Art 343
Burglind Jungmann

14 Faith, Ritual, and the Arts: Choson Buddhist Art and Architecture 371
Unsok Song

Part IV Modern & Contemporary Developments 403

15 Modern Korean Art in the Japanese Colonial Period 405
Jungsil Jenny Lee

16 The Long Breath: Postwar Korean Art 433
Joan Kee

17 Situating Contemporary Art of South Korea, 1980 to 2016 465
Young Min Moon

18 South Korean Cinema in the Age of Hallyu 497
Kyung Hyun Kim

Index 513

"This book distills the latest scholarship in a wide array of subfields of Korean art history. It is an outstanding accomplishment and a welcome addition for scholars with advanced knowledge of East Asian art." - caareviews.org (CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2021.96)