| Title |
Korean Folk Art: Tanchong Painting [001] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 42, Korea, Seoul, Folk Arts Museum, 30 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1978 |
| Subject |
Painting, Korean--Photographs; Art, Korean--Photographs; Museums--Korea (South)--Seoul--Photographs; Folk art--Korea--Photographs; Korea; Korea (South); Folk art; Art, Korean; Museums; Buildings; Girders; Exhibitions |
| Keywords |
Seoul; Korean culture; Tanchong painting; Dancheong; Displays; Tierney |
| Spatial Coverage |
Seoul (South Korea) |
| Description |
Photo of beam construction with traditional Tanchong painting displayed in the Folk Art Museum in Seoul, Korea in 1978 |
| Caption on Slide |
Beam construction and TanChong Ptg. Folk Art Mus. Seoul, Korea. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Tanchong painting is a traditional style of painting found on Buddhist temples and palaces in Korea. The colors, pictures, and patterns represent various elements of Eastern philosophy. "Dancheong refers to Korean traditional decorative coloring on wooden buildings and artifacts for the purpose of style. It literally means "cinnabar and blue-green" in Korean. It is based on five basic colors; blue (east), white (west), red (south), black (north), and yellow (center). Dancheong has various symbolic meanings. Dancheong also represented social status and rank by using various patterns and colors.[citation needed] It functions not only as decoration, but also for practical purposes such as to protect building surfaces against temperature and to make the crudeness of materials less conspicuous. Applying dancheong on the surfaces of buildings require trained skills, and artisans called dancheongjang (단청장) designed the painted patterns."--Wikipedia |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s64q8b4z |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
333482 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64q8b4z |
