Korean Art And DesignThere are few books available in the west on Korean art. The objects in this highly illustrated book range from the 5th century AD to the present day. The five central chapters discuss how the objects were made and used deal with Ceramics, Metalwork, Furniture and Lacquer, Textiles and Contemporary Crafts. |
Contents
Prefaces | 8 |
Acknowledgements | 10 |
Historical Introduction | 13 |
Copyright | |
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Albert Museum artists band Blond Gift blue bottle bowl bronze brushpot Buddhist carved Celadon-glazed stoneware centre century chest China Chinese Choson dynasty Choson dynasty Height Choson dynasty Maximum Choson period clothing colour Confucian copper-red court cranes dragon dress dynasty Height dynasty Maximum height Early Silla embroidered embroidery example excavated floral flowers furniture gallery glaze gold hanbok incised inlaid decoration Japan Japanese Kaesong kilns Koguryŏ Korean art Korean ceramic KoryŎ Koryo dynasty Koryo dynasty Height Koryo period Kyongju lacquer late Choson dynasty lotus lotus band maebyong mirrors Mongol mother-of-pearl motifs Museum of Korea National Museum Neo-Confucian numbers official overleaf ox horn Paekche painted decoration panels pattern pieces plain produced province Punch'ong ware river robes royal Samantabhadra screen Seoul shape silk spoons stoneware surface Taedong river Three Kingdoms tombs traditional Tumen rivers underglaze United Silla vase vessels Victoria and Albert zelkova