Preface
I. Prehistoric Painting
Petroglyphs, the Origin of Korean Painting
Craft Designs of the Bronze Age
II. Painting of the Three Kingdoms Period
Goguryeo Tomb Murals: Changes and Implications
Painting of the Unified Silla Period
III. Painting of the Goryeo Period
The Characteristics of Goryeo Buddhist Painting
The Emergence of Painting for Appreciation
New Trends after the Mid-Goryeo Period
IV. Painting of the First Half of the Joseon Dynasty
Literati View of Painting and the Establishment of Painting and Calligraphy
as a Hobby
Classical Landscapes and Realistic Landscapes
New Developments in Portraiture
The Popularity of Bird-and-Flower Painting
V. Painting of the Latter Half of the Joseon Dynasty
The Appreciation of Art and Changing Attitudes toward the Production and Consumption of Painting
The Introduction and Development of New Techniques
The Rise of True-View Landscapes
The De...velopment of Genre Painting
Types and Characteristics of Decorative Court Painting
The Mood of Good Fortune and Extravagance: Boom in Folk Painting
New Tastes in Flower Painting
VI. Traditional Painting in the Modern Era
The Dominance of the Owon Style
The Birth of ¡°Eastern Painting¡±
The Revival of ¡°Korean Painting¡±
Graduated from Department of Art History (Korean Painting), Hongik University Graduate School Ph.D from Department of Aesthetics and Art History ("History of Korean-Japan Exchange in Painting"), Kyushu University, Japan Guest research fellow at International Research for Japanese Studies Served various posts including member of the Cultural Properties Committee, executive committee member of the National Museum of Contemporary Art, president of the Modern Art History Association of Korea, and president of the Art History Association of Korea Currently professor in the Department of Art History at Ewha Womans University, director of the Center for Art Studies, Sunggang Foundation, and directing editor of Misulsa Nondan (Art History Forum) Published over 250 articles since 1979 on changes in traditional Korean painting through history and its relation with East Asian painting
Books A Discourse on the History of Joseon-period Painting, Munye Publishing Co., 1999, Ancient Horse Paintings of East Asia, Equestrian Culture Series No. 4, Korea Racing Authority, 2001 Korean Modern Art History, Sigongsa, 2009