Diamond Mountains - Travel and Nostalgia in Korean Art - the exhibition catalogue from The Metropolitan Museum of Art available to buy at Museum Bookstore
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Diamond Mountains - Travel and Nostalgia in Korean Art

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'The Diamond Mountains, known in Korea as Mount Geumgang, are perhaps the most famous and emotionally resonant site on the Korean Peninsula, a breathtaking range of rocky peaks, waterfalls, lagoons, and manmade pavilions. This book examines the visual representation of this remarkable landscape from the 18th century to the present day' - Asian Art Newspaper

A beautiful book exploring the visual representation of Korea's legendary Diamond Mountains 

The Diamond Mountains, known in Korea as Mount Geumgang, are perhaps the most famous and emotionally resonant site on the Korean Peninsula, a breathtaking range of rocky peaks, waterfalls, lagoons, and manmade pavilions. For centuries the range has inspired cultural pride and a vast outpouring of creative expression. Yet since the partition of Korea in the 1940s, situating them in the North, the Diamond Mountains have remained largely inaccessible to visitors, shrouding the site in legend, loss, and longing.

This book examines the visual representation of this remarkable landscape from the 18th century to the present day. It explores how Jeong Seon (1676-1759) revolutionized Korean painting with his Diamond Mountains landscapes, replacing conventional generic imagery with specific detail and indelibly influencing generations of artists in his wake. It also discusses the potency of these mountains as an emblem of Korean cultural identity, as reflected in literature and in exquisitely detailed album leaves, handscrolls, hanging scrolls, and screens.

This magnificent volume, which accompanies an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, is the first in English to survey this rich artistic tradition and bring these distant mountains into view.

Details
  • Author: Soyoung Lee, curator in the Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Hardcover: 176 pages | 209 colour illustrations
  • Date published: February 2018
  • Language: English
  • Delivery: Allow 1-2 weeks
  • ISBN: 978-1588396532
  • Product Dimensions: 26.3 x 23.8 cm

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