Chaekgeori (Painting)
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Wikidata:
Q48843055
Library of congress:
sh2017005291
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Chaekgeori, 2017:jacket flap (loosely translated as "books and things"; genre of Korean still-life painting of the Joseon dynasty; depicts books and other material commodities as symbolic embodiments of knowledge, power and social reform)
- Heilbrunn Timeline of art history, December 29, 2017(Korean Chaekgeori Paintings: Chaekgeori is a still-life painting genre that emerged in late eighteenth-century Joseon Korea; books are the primary and most important motif)
- Dictionary of art, 1996(under Korea, IX, 1: Ch'aekkori ("book-pile") paintings usually depicted a scene from a scholar's room)
- Archives of Asian art, vol. 64, no. 1:page 3 (chaekkado or chaekka munbangdo; in the West this type of still-life painting is most commonly known as chaekgeori; includes images of books, as well as ceramics, bronzes, jades, fruits, flowers, and scholarly paraphernalia)
- Wikipedia, December 29, 2017(Chaekgeori; a genre of still-life painting from the Joseon period of Korea that features books as the dominant subject)
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Wikipedia description:
Chaekgeori (Korean: 책거리; Hanja: 冊巨里), translated as "books and things", is a genre of still-life painting from the Joseon period of Korea that features books as the dominant subject. The chaekgeori tradition flourished from the second half of the 18th century to the first half of the 20th century and was enjoyed by all members of the population, from the king to the commoners, revealing the infatuation with books and learning in Korean culture.
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