The art of Korea
Subtitle: highlights from the collection of San Francisco's Asian Art Museum
By: Kumja Paik Kim.
Contributors: Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [San Francisco]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780939117383; 9780939117314
Subjects: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco -- Catalogs; Art, Korean -- Catalogs; Art, Korean -- California -- San Francisco -- Catalogs
Genres: Catalogs.
Other titles: Highlights from the collection of San Francisco's Asian Art Museum
Description: Korea is home to one of the longest and richest traditions in the world - yet it is one of the least known in the United States. San Francisco's Asian Art Museum was a pioneering advocate for bringing Korean art into United States. One of the first museums in the United States to have a gallery solely dedicated to Korean art, it has built up a remarkable collection of more than 750 objects spanning millennia of Korean culture in a variety of mediums. More than 100 highlights of the collection are included here, along with detailed commentaries by Kumja Paik Kim, the museum's emeritus curator of Korean art, which together compose an accessible introduction to Korean art and culture. The author has also contributed an essay that constitutes one of the most helpful overviews of Korean art currently available.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-304) and index.