In grand style
Subtitle: celebrations in Korean art during the Joseon dynasty
By: Hyonjeong Kim Han ; with essays by Kumja Paik Kim, Moon-sik Kim, Jaebin Yoo
Contributors: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; Kungnip Chungang Pangmulgwan (Korea); Kungnip Kogung Pangmulgwan (Korea)
Publisher: Asian Art Museum
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780939117673
Subjects: Korean Art; Exhibitions; Antiquities; History
Description: In Korea, life milestones have traditionally been celebrated with festivals and feasts. Such celebrations helped to define and honor an individual's identity. Based on a 2009 exhibition at the National Museum of Korea, the exhibition at the Asian Art Museum that this book documents incorporates new findings and researches. Co-organized by the Asian and the NMK, the show--which opens in San Francisco in October 2013--presents rare and exquisite objects drawn from some ten museums in Korea. Highlights include a ten-panel folding screen of Celebrations on the Crown Prince's Birth from 1874, a portrait of Emperor Gojong from 1897, a Royal Procession to the Royal Tomb at Hwaseong from 1795, and kings' thrones and palanquins. The book documents Korea's taste for splendor and grandeur. It explores the meaning and obligations of kingship, the elite culture of the court and the upper class during the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), and the complex roles of women in organizing and presenting elaborate celebrations, in the grandest of styles.
Notes: Catalog of the exhibition held in San Francisco at the Asian Art Museum -- Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, October 25, 2013-January 12, 2014.

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition In grand style: celebrations in Korean art during the Joseon dynasty, presented at the Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, October 25, 2013-January 12, 2014"--T.p. verso.

"This exhibition was organized by the Asian Art Museum in collaboration with the National Museum of Korea and the National Palace Museum of Korea"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-239).