Powerful kingdoms have ruled the Korean peninsula for millennia, creating luxurious art for the elite.
57 B.C.E. - present
Powerful kingdoms have ruled the Korean peninsula for millennia, creating luxurious art for the elite.
57 B.C.E. - present
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The huge size of the canvas, the dynamic and decorative lines, and the combination of mineral colors are typical of Buddhist paintings from Korea.
This handscroll is an extremely valuable example of Korean calligraphy
Earlier Korean portraits were more interested in capturing a sense of the sitter's 'spirit' rather than in portraying an actual physical likeness such as this one from the 18th century
In medieval Korea, wine bottles were known as maebyong, which comes from the Chinese mei-ping ('vase for plum blossoms'), a misnomer dubbed by Chinese scholars of the Qing dynasty.
This moon jar is made of plain white porcelain, and it represented the epitome of austere Confucian taste in Joseon Korea
Western furniture conservators learn from Korean conservators and artisans about the original production and conservation of Korean lacquer
The distinctive green-blue glaze of Goryeo celadons has made these ceramics famous in Korea and beyond.
This exquisite example of a Goryeo Buddhist painting depicts the bodhisattva on his mountain-island abode.
Sin Sukju’s attire and posture may be formulaic, but the face is definitely his—wrinkles and all.
In title and medium, Song’s contemporary ink-wash painting looks back to the poetic landscape tradition.
The everyday experience of a woman is the subject of...