Korean Art [105] Landscape Painting (070)

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Title Korean Art [105] Landscape Painting (070)
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 41, Korea, Painting, Landscapes, 28
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1978
Subject Painting, Korean--Korea--Photographs; Art, Korean--Korea--Photographs; Landscapes--Art--Photographs; Mountains--Art--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Trees--Art--Photographs; Gold boxes--Art--Photographs; Poultry--Art--Photographs; Roosters--Art--Photographs; Legends--Art--Photographs; Korea; Art; Painting
Keywords Korean culture; Fine arts; Displays; Joseon; Yi; Cho Sok
Spatial Coverage Korea
Description Photo of a color on silk landscape painting of mountains, by Cho Sok from the 17th century Yi Dynasty on display in Korea in 1978. A golden box is hanging from the tree in the foreground while two men and a rooster look up at it
Caption on Slide Cho Sok (Korean, b. 1595), color on silk, Yi Dynasty.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Yi Dynasty of Korea (also known as the Choson or Joseon Dynasty): 1382-1910. Note: Possible explanation of scene depicted in painting: "...the founding legend of Geumgwan Gaya recorded in the 13th century...is seen as indicative of the early view of kings as descended from heaven...Kim Alji, the progenitor of the Kim dynasty of Silla, is said to have been discovered in Gyerim Forest by Hogong in a golden box, where a rooster was crowing..."--Wikipedia. Note: Appears to be similar to image with File Name: ptg_landscape_057 with location information provided as: National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea. Note: See image with File Name: sl_koreancourseA225 (also by Cho Sok). Note: Original caption information provided as: "colors on silk golden box Cho Sok (1595-1668) Yi Dynasty."
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6z6156d
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 333468
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z6156d
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