Korean Art [106] Landscape Painting (071)

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Title Korean Art [106] Landscape Painting (071)
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 41, Korea, Painting, Landscapes, 57
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1978
Subject Painting, Korean--Korea--Seoul--Photographs; Art, Korean--Korea--Seoul--Photographs; Museum exhibits--Korea--Seoul--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 (South); Seoul (Korea)
Description Faded photo of a Korean landscape painting, ink and color on paper, from the Yi Dynasty on display in the National Museum of Korea in 1978. A box hangs from a tree in the center with two men and a rooster looking up at it
Caption on Slide Landscape (faded slide), ink and color, Yi Dynasty, National Museum, Seoul, Korea.
Additional Information Image was scanned from (faded) 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_028 with caption information indicating: "Cho Sok (1595-1668)" Note: See image with File Name: sl_koreancourseA225 (also by Cho Sok). Note: Original caption information provided as: "Landscape- Ink and color Yi Dynasty National Museum (faded slide) Seoul, Korea."
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/s68s5626
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 333419
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68s5626
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