Introduction = 6
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words = 8

Chapter 1
Korea’s Painting Tradition = 12
Artless Art: The Korean Aesthetic
Four Representative Genres

Chapter 2
Paintings in History = 20
Early Artistic Traditions in Korea
The Three Kingdoms
The Goryeo Period
The Joseon Period
A Difficult Period for Traditional Painting

Chapter 3
Buddhist Painting = 40
Themes and Styles
Characteristics of Goryeo Buddhist Paints

Chapter 4
A Scholar’s Art = 52
The late Joseon Period/Leading artists
Joseon’s Final Years/Leading artists

Chapter 5
Records of Nature = 64
Realistic Landscape painting
Leadign artists

Chapter 6
Scenes of Everyday Life = 76
Joseon Era Genre Painting
Leading Artists

Chapter 7
Faces from the past, Portrait Paintings = 88
Portraits of King/Portraits of Meritorious Subjects
Portraits of Elderly officials/Portraits of the literati
Portraits of Women/ Portraits of Buddhist Monks
Soul Lurk in the Eyes

Chapter 8
Folklore Painting = 104
Common Elements
Paintings for Functions


Appendix
The Painter’s Tool = 120
Information of Traditional Paintings = 122