Insoo Cho Associate Professor, Korea National University of Arts From Spirit Tablets to Portraits: Ancestor Worship and Portraitures in Korea During the Chosŏn dynasty, the art of portrait painting enjoyed great prominence and was valued with high esteem. Often the most famous and skillful painters were hired to execute these venerable images. These portraits [...]
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May 6-7, Screens in East Asia Symposium
THE SCREEN IN EAST ASIA AND BEYOND A Symposium Organized by the Center for the Art of East Asia, Department of Art History, University of Chicago, May 6-7, 2011 Location: Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago IL The folding or standing screen is a mobile partition that creates a space at [...]