Tombs: Gyeongju, South Korea [016]

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Title Tombs: Gyeongju, South Korea [016]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 60, Korean Course A, 177
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000
Subject Silla (Kingdom)--Korea--Gyeongju--Photographs; Buddhist sculpture--Korea--Gyeongju--Photographs; Kungnip Kwangju Pangmulgwan--Korea--Gyeongju--Photographs; Museums--Korea--Gyeongju--Photographs; Gautama Buddha--Art; Korea
Keywords Kyŏngju-si; Gyeongju; Gyeongju-si
Spatial Coverage Korea (South); Kyŏngju-si (Korea)
Description Photograph of Buddhist sculptures, National Museum, Gyeongju, South Korea
Caption on Slide AT 138 Buddhist sculpture, National Museum, Kyongju. Photo: Lennox Tierney
Additional Information Image was scanned from (faded) color slide. Note: "...The historic area around Gyeongju was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2000."--Wikipedia. Note: "Gyeongju, which served as the royal capital of Silla for nearly a thousand years (57 BCE-935 CE), has a wealth of historical and cultural heritage, both above and under the ground, dating from prehistoric times to the Joseon period...Gyeongju National Museum is located right in the midst of [these] UNESCO designated sites...Encircled by cultural treasures, the museum acts as both the storehouse and the centerpiece for these perpetual and precious historical landmarks."--Gyeongju National Museum website. Note: Original caption information for this image provided as: "AT 138 Buddhist sculptures National Museum, Kyongjy photo: Lennox Tierney"
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6g16hmr
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 338766
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g16hmr
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