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Calligraphy and Painting Calligraphy and PaintingⅡ
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Introduction
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- All of the works displayed in the Calligraphy and Painting Ⅱ section are masterpieces that have been specially selected to demonstrate the characteristics of each period. The section consists of three parts, the room of masterpiece and two thematic rooms. For the conservation of the paintings and calligraphy, exhibition replacements are planned thrice a year in this section.
Themes Currently on Display
- ○ Gallery 202-2 : The Story of Bookshelf Paintings from the Joseon Dynasty (August 21. 2023. - )
- A bookshelf that could have been found at the Joseon royal court or in the men’s quarter at the house of yangban (the nobles) is straight ahead of us. This bookshelf is filled with precious beautiful objects, including books piled up in stacks, various writing utensils, incense burners, antiques, and vases with flower sprays. Such paintings are called chaekgado (bookshelf paintings). The meticulously delineated and colored objects spark viewers’ curiosity, drawing them back to the painting again and again. Chaekgado were paintings popular from the eighteenth through the early twentieth century. They embody the elegant tastes of scholars and their diverse, real-world desires like wealth, longevity, fecundity, and luck in their careers. While examining this chaekgado folding screen and the video clip, we hope you can feel the hearts of the people of the Joseon era who wanted to keep by their side screens filled with depictions of rare items.
- ○ Gallery 202-4·5 : Appreciating Paintings and Calligraphy Joyfully (January 17. 2023. - May 14. 2023.)
- Appreciating calligraphy and painting can be pleasant. It is entertaining to follow the traces of a brush on paper or silk or to encounter skillfully added colors. For an even more enjoyable appreciation of calligraphy and painting, a few crumbs of information is presented here. When you read the texts translated from Chinese into Korean, you can better understand the sentiments of the calligraphers and painters of the past as they combined literature and imagination with reality and hope. Once you understand their sentiments, you see the lines and colors in the calligraphy and paintings from a different perspective. This exhibition features a wide variety of paintings and calligraphic works from the Joseon dynasty, including pure calligraphy and portraits, bird-and-flower, and decorative court paintings. We would like to invite you to immune with the ancients by immersing yourselves in appreciation of calligraphy and painting.
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Calligraphy and Painting
The Calligraphy and Painting section displays masterful examples of traditional Korean calligraphy and painting, Buddhist painting, and allowing visitors to appreciate the subtle yet striking blending of line and color that is inherent to Korean calligraphy and painting. The Wood and Lacquer Crafts Gallery displays crafts manifesting the true aesthetics of Korea.