Yi, Su-mi,

Landscapes : seeking the ideal land / authors, Lee Soo-mi [and seven others] ; translators, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Center for Interpreting and Translation), Ewha Womans University (The Ewha Research Institute for Translation Studies), Chung Eunsun. - First edition. - Seoul : National Museum of Korea, 2016. - 259 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

"August 31, 2016"--Colophon. English-language version of catalog for a special exhibition held at the National Museum of Korea in 2014.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: Ideal land, landscape of our dreams / Lee Soo-mi -- Catalogue. Pristine and peaceful land ; Epitome of the ideal land : Eight views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers ; Confucian sage's nine-bend stream : Mount Wuyi ; Symbolic landscape of peace and prosperity ; Nature as a spiritual sanctuary ; Blissful Utopia ; Another ideal land -- Articles. Ideal lands as portrayed in landscape paintings of East Asia / Han Jung-Hee ; Ideal lands as portrayed in classical literature / Ahn Dae Hoe ; East Asian painting and the Eight views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers / Park Hae Hoon.


English translation of original Korean.

9788981641542 8981641544

2016-507622


Kungnip Chungang Pangmulgwan (Korea)--Exhibitions.


Landscape painting, Korean--Exhibitions.
Landscapes in art--Exhibitions.
Nature in art--Exhibitions.
Utopias in art--Exhibitions.
Landscape painting--East Asia--Exhibitions.
Art, Korean--Exhibitions.
Art, East Asian--Exhibitions.

ND1366.9 / .Y4713 2016