Art History Class
Art and Culture of Korea
20 Fridays, January 6th through May 26th, 2017
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Place: The Center for Fiction 6th Flr
17 E. 47th St. New York, NY 10017
This course is a survey of Korean arts, archaeology, and material culture from the Neolithic period to the Mid-20th century. The first part of the course will examine early archaeological findings, and then progress to religious and secular arts and artifacts of the Three Kingdoms, the Unified Silla Period, and the Goryeo period. Native traditions and the introduction of foreign cultures will be discussed in relation to the formation of the Korean peninsula’s distinct material culture. The second part of the course will cover the Joseon dynasty and the Colonial Period. Topics in this part of the course will include Neo-Confucianism as a new state ideology and its influence on the aesthetics and tastes of the scholarly elite; the development of vernacular themes and styles of painting; the rise of popular tastes in the late Joseon Period.
Instructor: Jiyeon Kim, Ph.D
Jiyeon Kim received her Ph.D from University of California, Los Angeles and is a Korean art specialist of the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. Before she came back to the United States, she taught at the University of Ulsan as a research professor for three years. She has also taught at Stanford University, Union College, Brandeis University, and Ewha Womans University.
