Flowering Plums and Curio Cabinets
The Culture of Objects in Late Chos?n Korean Art
- 304 pages
- English
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Flowering Plums and Curio Cabinets
The Culture of Objects in Late Chos?n Korean Art
About this book
The social and economic rise of the chungin class ("middle people" who ranked between the yangban aristocracy and commoners) during the late Chos?n period (1700–1910) ushered in a world of materialism and commodification of painting and other art objects. Generally overlooked in art history, the chungin contributed to a flourishing art market, especially for ch'aekkori, a new form of still life painting that experimented with Western perspective and illusionism, and a reimagined style of the traditional plum blossom painting genre. Sunglim Kim examines chungin artists and patronage of the visual arts, and their commercial transactions, artistic exchange with China and Japan, and historical writings on art. She also explores the key role of men of chungin background in preserving Korean art heritage in the tumultuous twentieth century, including the work of the modern Korean collector and historian O Se-ch'ang, who memorialized many chungin painters and calligraphers. Revealing a vivid picture of a complex art world, Flowering Plums and Curio Cabinets presents a major reconsideration of late Chos?n society and its material culture. Lushly illustrated, it will appeal to scholars of Korea and East Asia, art history, visual culture, and social history. A William Sangki and Nanhee Min Hahn Book Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/flowering-plums-and-curio-cabinets
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Table of contents
- Cover
- KOREAN STUDIES OF THE HENRY M. JACKSON SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Romanization and Translation
- Chronology of Korean and Chinese History
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE CHANGING TIMES The Ascent of the Professional Class
- CHAPTER TWO DALLIANCES WITH OBJECTS The Expansion of Material Culture
- CHAPTER THREE MOVING THE ART MARKET The Chungin as Artists, Patrons, and Middlemen
- CHAPTER FOUR PLUM TREES BLOOM New Directions in Flowering Plum Painting
- CHAPTER FIVE SAVING THE SOUL OF KOREA The Chungin in the Modern Period
- EPILOGUE
- Appendix: Korean and Chinese Texts
- Notes
- Glossary of Chinese Characters
- Selected Bibliography
- Index