| Title |
Korean Folk Art: Painting [009] Minhwa (009) |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 60, Korean Course A,230 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1978 |
| Subject |
Art, Korean--Photographs; Folk art--Photographs; Painting, Korean--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Animals--Art--Photographs; Tiger--Art--Photographs; Painted fans--Art--Photographs; Korea; Art; Folk art; Painting |
| Keywords |
Korean culture; Arts and crafts; Arts & crafts; Minhwa; Immortals; Tosŏkhwa; Horang'i |
| Description |
Photograph of Korean folk painting (minhwa) depicting an immortal and a tiger |
| Caption on Slide |
Korean folk painting of an immortal and a tiger. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. 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: "From early times, Koreans believed that...tigers...would protect them from misfortune and calamity...a [tiger (horang'i)] was worshiped as a sacred creature..."--Minhwa: tales of Korean folk paintings by Yoon, Yul-Soo, pages 127-129. Note: Original caption information provided for this image as: "Folkart Immortal & tiget painting Yi Kyn. 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/s6z03rxj |
| 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 |
338979 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z03rxj |
