Ch'aekkŏri painting
Subtitle: a Korean jigsaw puzzle
By: Kay E. Black with contributions by Edward W. Wagner and Gari Ledyard
Contributors: Wagner, Edward W., contributor; Ledyard, Gari, 1932- contributor
Publisher: Sahoipyoungnon Academy
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Sŏul T'ŭkpyŏlsi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9791189946524
Subjects: Korean Painting; Books in art; Still-life painting; Choson dynasty
Other titles: Korean jigsaw puzzle
Description: Ch'aekkori refers to paintings of books, stationery, ceramics, incense burners, bronze ware and other items found on the bookshelves of scholars, painted on folding screens in the late Choson period. Paintings of this theme did not receive much attention in Korean art except for a small number of folk paining lovers and collectors until the 1970s. Fascinated by ch'aekkori during her first visit to Korea in the mid-1970s, the author Kay E. Black started studying the subject and received her master's degree in art history at University of Denver. Since then, she has vigorously devoted herself to research on ch'aekkori, visiting numerous collections in Korea, Japan, the U.S. and Europe and meticulously examining as many as 150 extant works. She also collaborated with the late Edward W. Wagner, formerly Professor of Korean history at Harvard and one of the foremost authorities on Korean genealogies, to identify ch'aekkori painters and their intricate family lineages. Their research discovered many of the pieces were painted by professional painters hired at the court, who were closely related in family lineages. More than thirty years of the author's research on ch'aekkori is summed up in this comprehensive study.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-311) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Korean Ch'aekkŏri: Introduction; title: 2. Ch'aekkŏri and the Korean Court; title: 3. Overview of Isolated Type Ch'aekkŏri; title: 4. Isolated Type Embroidered Ch'aekkŏri; title: 5. Identified Artists of Isolated Type Ch'aekkŏri; title: 6. Isolated Type Ch'aekkŏri by Yi Hyŏng-nok/Yi T'aek-kyun; title: 7. An Isolated Type Ch'aekkŏri by Yi To-yŏng; title: 8. Three Isolated Type Corner Ch'aekkŏri Screens; title: 9. An Isolated Type Theatrical Ch'aekkŏri; title: 10. Two Twentieth-Century Isolated Type Ch'aekkŏri by Sŏktang; title: 11. Overview of Trompe l'Oeil Type Ch'aekkŏri; title: 12. Peep Box Trompe l'Oeil Type Ch'aekkŏri; title: 13. Trompe l'Oeil Type Ch'aekkŏri at the Chosŏn Court: A Late Chosŏn Period Artist with Three Different Names; title: 14. The Antiquarian Spirit in Trompe l'Oeil Type Ch'aekkŏri; title: 15. An Atypical Ch'aekkŏri and Its Anonymous Painter; title: 16. The Identification of Kang Tal-su: A New Piece in the Ch'aekkŏri Jigsaw Puzzle; title: 17. A Ch'aekkŏi in Honor of Kim Ki-hyŏn's Seventieth Birthday; title: 18. A Trompe l'Oeil Theatrical Ch'aekkŏri; title: 19. An Eight-Panel European Palette Trompe l'Oeil Type Ch'aekkŏri; title: 20. A Two-Panel European Palette Trompe l'Oeil Type Ch'aekkŏri; title: 21. Yi To-yŏng: Yangban Artist of Court Style Ch'aekkŏri; title: 22. Overview of Still Life Type Ch'aekkŏri; title: 23. Chŏnnam-Style Still Life Type Ch'aekkŏri; title: 24. The Royal Ontario Museum Cycle-Dated Ch'aekkŏri; title: 25. Gnomon Ch'aekkŏri; title: 26. Seal Script Ch'aekkŏri; title: 27. The Leeum "Door" Ch'aekkŏri; title: 28. Former Gruber Collection Eight-Panel Ch'aekkŏri; title: 29. The Elegant Ch'aekkŏri; title: 30. Conclusion.