Korean Arts Of The Eighteenth Century: Splendor And Simplicity

By Hongnam Kim

The arts of Korea - painting, screens, furniture, ceramics, lacquerware, and sculpture - entered a latterday golden age in the 18th century. This book, and the exhibition organized by The Asia Society Galleries that it documents, illuminate three key aspects of 18th century Korean art: the royal arts, emblematic of the authority and ceremonial dignity of the king; arts of leisure and self-cultivation, patronized by an emerging class of wealthy professionals and artist-craftsmen; and religious art, which included Confucian, shamanic, and Buddhist lineages.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0834802937
• ISBN13: 9780834802933
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Weatherhill
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.0" x 1.0" x 9.0"