Special Lecture On Korean Paintings - Softcover

Special Lecture on Korean Paintings provides readers with a comprehensive and readable introduction to major aspects of old Korean arts. The volume explores the vast heritage of Korean paintings, providing a rich panorama of information that stretches across the entire spectrum of Korean painting. The book will have wide appeal, not least to art lovers and students of Koreana. Throughout the book, the author takes a humanities approach to various topics, ranging from the climate, history of Korea, and Chinese poetry to the human spirit and the aesthetic

Oh Ju-seok majored in Eastern history and earned his master's degree in Archaeology and Art History at Seoul National University. Before taking up teaching positions at Chung-Ang University and Yonsei University, he was an art writer for the Korea Herald, an English-language daily, and curator at Ho-Am Art Museum and the National Museum of Korea. He toured the country giving lectures on the beauty of Korean art. His publications include The Joy of Reading Old Korean Paintings I & II, The Art of Kim Hong- do, The Golden Age of Korean Culture, and Yi In-mun's Mountains and Rivers without End. He passed away of leukemia in 2005.