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General Guo Ziyi’s Birthday Banquet (곽분양행락도) (details), early or mid-1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Eight-panel folding screen; embroidery on silk; overall: 195.2 x 332.4 cm. Gift of the honorable Joseph P. Carroll, KM, and Roberta Carroll, MD, in recognition of the contribution of Marjorie Williams to the development of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 2020.87
In the 1960s, practitioners of Pop Art looked toward everyday commodities and commercial images for inspiration. Such an artistic spirit that challenged the rigid concept between high- and lowbrow arts in fact had long existed in Korean art, flourish
Rendered in dazzling colors, Korean still-life paintings called chaekgeori (pronounced check-oh-ree), for example, are replete with mass-produced utilitarian items and trendy luxuries. Polychrome folding screens, such as chaekgeori, often complemented familial festivities and reunions, beyond simply furnishing the living space of middle-class households. Blue-and-white porcelain, which features the abundant use of expensive cobalt blue and floral decor, is another artistic expression drawn from ... view more »
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