Chaekgeori: The Power and Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781438468112)

Byungmo Chung is Professor in the Department of Cultural Assets at Gyeongju University, Korea. He was a visiting scholar in the Department of Asian Cultures and Languages at Rutgers University and President of the Korean Folk Painting Society. His scholarship focuses on the genre paintings and Minhwa--the folk painting of Korea. He has organized several Minhwa exhibitions in Korea and written numerous articles and books about Korean folk and genre paintings, including Chaesaekhwa, Polychrome Paintings of Korea. Sunglim Kim is Assistant Professor of Korean Art History in the Department of Art History and the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program, Dartmouth College. Her scholarship focuses on premodern and early twentieth-century Korean art and culture, including the rise of consumer culture and the role of professional nouveau riche in late Joseon Korea, Japanese colonial photographs of Korea, and Korean women artists. She has curated several exhibitions in the United States and written numerous publications on Korean art.

Author: Byungmo Chung
ISBN-10: 1438468113
ISBN-13: 9781438468112
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 11/12/2017
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.92lbs
Size: 12.10h x 9.20w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2018