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| Korean Art: Collecting Treasures |
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| Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida
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Korean Art: Collecting Treasures is an online exhibit that presents bronzes, ceramics, furniture, paintings, prints and sculpture from the Harn’s collections. The exhibition features donations from General James Van Fleet (1892-992) to the Harn in 1988. Highlights from the Van Fleet collection include hanging scroll masterpieces by Kim Hongdo (1745 - c.1806), Jang Seung-eop (1843-1897), and Kim Eunho (1892-1979), each noteworthy for their quality and rarity in Western collections.
Go to Museum Resource: http://exhibits.uflib.ufl.edu/harnkoreanart/bodhisattva.html | |
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| Korean Art: Overview |
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| Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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The simple forms, spare decoration, and monochrome glazes of the Joseon period (1392–1910) Korean tea bowls used in Japan first attracted Charles Lang Freer to Korean ceramics. He expanded his collection to include celadon ceramics from the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), which had once adorned palaces, Buddhist temples, and private residences of the aristocracy. Explore their past exhibits on Korean art.
Go to Museum Resource: https://asia.si.edu/exhibitions/korean-art/ | |
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| Korean Buddhist Sculpture (5th–9th century) |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A discussion of Buddhism's introduction to the Korean peninsula in 372 CE and its influence on artistic developments during the Three Kingdoms period (BCE 57 - 668 CE), specifically in architecture and sculpture.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kobs/hd_kobs.htm | |
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| Korean Celadons of the Goryeo Dynasty |
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| Smart History
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Celadons are ceramics with a distinctive green-blue glaze. The color, coupled with intricate inlaid ornamentation, are part of what has made Goryeo celadons desirable and recognizable objects for centuries. Korean potters adapted and refined celadon technology from China to create distinctively Korean ceramics revered by elites in Korea, China, and Japan alike.
Go to Museum Resource: https://smarthistory.org/korean-celadons-goryeo/ | |
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| Korean Masks |
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| Hahoe Mask Museum
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A guide to traditional Korean masks, with images of more than 125 different masks. With links at the top of the page to other essays about Hahoe and Byungsan masks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.tal.or.kr/coding/english/default.asp | |
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| Koryo Dynasty, 918-1392 |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"The last Silla king abdicated the throne in the early 10th century and married the daughter of the upstart General Wang Kon, who founded the Koryo dynasty (918-1392)." A brief one-paragraph overview, with two objects representative of the period.
Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/korea-koryo-dynasty.cfm | |
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| Lacquerware of East Asia |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An introduction to East Asian lacquerware. Discusses production methods, as well as artistic techniques as they developed in China, Japan, and Korea, respectively. Includes a short glossary of decoration techniques. With 14 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/elac/hd_elac.htm | |
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| Learning from Asian Art: Korea |
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| Philadelphia Museum of Art
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"This online resource introduces students to Korean art and culture as they explore works in the Philadephia Museum’s collection. Each art image is accompanied by background information, a set of looking questions, and related classroom activity suggestions that students can use individually, in small groups, or as a whole class." With 14 images, plus a map, timeline, and list of recommended print resources and websites.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.philamuseum.org/booklets/5_29_46_1.html | |
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