Korean Ceramics: The Beauty of Natural Forms

by Robert Koehler

The most well-known Korean ceramics are the celadon of the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) and the white porcelain of the ensuing Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). The celadons of Goryeo, their grace and color tinged with feminine beauty, symbolize an artistocratic Buddhist culture, while the white porcelains from the Joseon are thought to typify a bureaucratic and scholarly Confucian society and are essentially masculine in tone, vigorous and orderly. Korea's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8997639072
• ISBN13: 9788997639076
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Seoul Selection USA, Inc.
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.0"