HANKUK UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES
2012 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SESSION IN KOREAN STUDIES
IS 210-Art History in the Korean Peninsula
Elisabeth CHABANOL, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Art History
DEA in Religious Anthropology
Master Degree in Archaeology
Master Degree in Museum Sciences
French School of Asian Studies (EFEO)
Associate Professor
Head of the Seoul Center of the EFEO
Contact: elisabeth.chabanol@efeo.net
Course description
This class will provide a comprehensive view of the art history of the Korean
peninsula, from Manchuria to Cheju Island, and from the Paleolithic period to the
Contemporary period. It seeks to give the bases to understand the development
of Korean Art in the Korean Peninsula, from Manchuria to Cheju Island, and both
from a South-Korean perspective and a North-Korean perspective. We will study
the evolution of Korean art through the angle of history and religion. The tangible
arts, such as architecture, painting, and ceramics, will be studied.
At the same time, this class will offer a more technical aspect; students will learn
how to “look at” an architectural structure, an object, etc… and to analyze it.
Methodology
The methodology is established on three aspects:
- A theoretical part: a class lecture about a definite period based on photos
during the three first classes of the week. The class will be mainly based
on photos. The students will be invited to analyze some object or
structure during the class.
- A technical part: the last class of each week will be dedicated to a visit of
the collections of one of the national museums situated in Seoul (National
Museum of Korea, National Royal Museum, etc.…) relevant to the period
studied during the week.
- A research part: As a final project paper, each student will have to present
and discuss during the class the results of a study (5 pages and photos).
Students will choose the subject of their paper in accordance with the
instructor.
Assignments and Grading
As the teaching is mainly based on visual data, attendance is required in the class
and during the museum visits.
The grade will be divided in:
Attendance (required) fail if more than four absences 25%
Participation in class
25%
Exam
25%
Final Project
25%
It is recommended to the students to prepare the class by means of the works
quoted below.
Bibliography
- Lee Ki-baik, A New History of Korea, Seoul, lchokak, 1984.
- Goepper Roger, Whitfield Roderick, Treasures from Korea. Art through
5000 years, London, The Trustees of the British Museum, 1984.
- Chung Yang-mo, Ahn Hwi-joon, Yi Sông-mi, Kim Lena, Kim Hongnam, …
Arts of Korea, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998.
- Nelson Sarah, The Archaeology of Korea, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 1993
- Barnes Gina, State Formation in Korea, Historical and Archaeological
Perspectives, Richmond, Curzon Press, 2001.
- Modern Korean Artists, Seoul, Korea Foundation, 2009.
- Kim Won-yong, Art and Archaeology of Ancient Korea, Seoul, The
Taekwang Publishing Co., 1986.
- Korean Cultural Heritage seen through pictures and names 1. 2, Seoul, Time
and Space/Korea Visuals, 2002.
- Yim Seock-jae, City as Art. 100 notable works of architecture in Seoul,
Seoul/New York, Hollym, 2011.
- Pak Youngsook, Whitfield Roderick, Buddhist Sculpture, Seoul, Yekyong,
2002. (Handbook of Korean Art)
- Pak Youngsook, Whitfield Roderick, Earthenware and Celadon, Seoul,
Yekyong, 2002. (Handbook of Korean Art)
- Kim Jae-yeol, White Porcelain and Punch’ông ware, Seoul, Yekyong, 2002.
(Handbook of Korean Art)
- Yoon Yeol-su, Folk Painting, Seoul, Yekyong, 2002. (Handbook of Korean
Art)
- Park Sam Y., An Introduction to Korean Architecture 1. 2, Seoul, Jungwoo,
1991.
- Cho Sun-mie, Great Korean Portraits. Immortal images of the noble and
the brave, Paju, Dolbegae Publishers, 2010.
- Oh Ju-seok, Special Lecture on Korean Paintings, Seoul, Hollym/New York,
2011.
- Traditional Painting. Window on the Korean Mind, Seoul, Korea
Foundation, 2010. (Korea Essentials; 2)
- Hong Sun-pyo, Traditional Korean Painting, Seoul, Ewha Womans
University Press, 2011. (The Spirit of Cultural Roots; 27)
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Rha Sunhwa, Pottery. Korean traditional handicrafts, Seoul, Ewha
Womans University Press, 2006. (The Spirit of Cultural Roots; 14)
Course Schedule
As this class is an introductory class, we are going to follow the chronological
evolution of Korean art in the Korean peninsula.
First week
General presentation about the museographic collections.
Prehistory, proto-history, Three Kingdoms, and Kaya formation.
Second week
Ancient Silla and Great Silla and their capital Kyôngju, Parhae
(North and South Dynasties)
Third week
Koryô Period, its Buddhist monasteries and paintings . The celadon
ceramics.
The funerary and defensive architecture, painting and ceramic of the
Chosôn period and its capital, Hanyang
Fourth week
The Korean War and the art production
Contemporary art in ROK and in DPRK, the main artists, the art market (the
South Korean art market will presented in collaboration with a specialist)
Fifth week
Final project papers presented in class or in a museum by each student