| Title |
Korean Folk Art: Painting [006] Minhwa (006) |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 60, Korean Course A,231 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1980 |
| Subject |
Art, Korean--Korea--Seoul--Photographs; Folk art--Korea--Seoul--Photographs; Painting, Korean--Korea--Seoul--Photographs; Animals--Art--Photographs; Tiger--Art--Photographs; Birds--Art--Photographs; Magpies--Art--Photographs; Korea; Art; Folk art; Painting |
| Keywords |
Korean culture; Arts and crafts; Arts & crafts; Minhwa; Horang'i; Hojak-do |
| Spatial Coverage |
Korea (South); Seoul (Korea) |
| Description |
Photograph of Korean folk painting (minhwa): "Tiger and Magpie", painting by unidentified artist, Seoul, Korea. |
| Caption on Slide |
"Tiger and Magpie" by unidentified artist, Seoul, Korea. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Image flipped/reversed. Note: Similar image can be found on ARTstor. Note: Similar image can also be found in Minhwa: tales of Korean folk paintings by Yoon, Yul-Soo, page 132. Note: "Minhwa art refers to the Korean folk art that consists of paintings of mythical figures and other objects in a specific plain, straightforward and naive style."--Wikipedia. Note: "Tiger magpie paintings (hojak-do) are thought to originate with a tale about a wood-cutter who rescues a tiger stuck in a pond, only to become the tiger's intended meal. Only the intervention of a wise magpie saves him from this fate."--Minhwa: tales of Korean folk paintings by Yoon, Yul-Soo, page 132. Note: Original caption information provided for this image as: "Protective devices in old Korea were superstituous but aesthetic mod. Mes are scientific but non aesthetic symbolizes W Dir. And white is symbolic Yi Dyn. Tiger ptg. Seoul, Korea coll. Emillie Mus. (on back) an eample of scientific but not aesthetic protective devices is barbed wire" |
| 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/s6sj23f0 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
338926 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sj23f0 |
