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in_seoul_2003
Joined: 24 Nov 2003
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 Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 12:53 pm Post subject: How do you do it? |
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Besides the money, how do you continue to live in a country where insecurity and war-mongering mentalities are invested in almost every aspect of life? You want to go out for a nice afternoon to check out some art? Think again. Doesn't it realy wear on you after a while? Alot of other countries are the same, but in Korea it always seems to find its way into every nook and cranny. The institutions in this country, be they museums or media, truly deserve the retard designation they get.
By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
The National Museum of Korea is holding a special exhibition, titled ``Sutra Painting: In Search of Buddhahood'' at the Special Exhibition Gallery until Sept. 16.
Sutra paintings are referred to as the Buddhist scriptures, as depicted in its various handwritings and paintings.
Just as Buddhist paintings, with their delicate and elaborate illustrations, are highly respected, Goryeo's works are too revered.
The museum's exhibition is the first of its kind in Korea, featuring over a hundred sutra paintings. The works are considered to be national treasures.
The paintings have attracted public interest as they reveal the aesthetics of the Goryeo Kingdom (918~1392).
The show is made available, under limited viewing, to the public and scholars to ensure preservation.
The exhibition provides a rare opportunity to witness the collection of the sutra paintings from the National Museum, private museums, galleries, and even from private collections.
The exhibition features more than 40 objects, each produced during the Goryeo period that were brought in from Japan's National Museum and various temples for this exhibition.
Among these collections, 14 pieces will be on display for the first time in Korea.
The exhibition includes 26 designated objects, such as 7 National Treasures including National Treasure No.196, ``Flower Garland Sutra,'' from the collection of the Leeum Museum, 17 treasures and two Important Cultural Properties of Japan.
Also, this is the first time the ``Lotus Sutra Painting,'' patronized by Yeom Seung-ik, and discovered in Namgyewon pagoda, on display
The exhibition consists of two themes. The first highlights the Diamond Sutra Block made of gold found in Iksan Wanggung-ri pagoda, Buddhist reliquary as well as objects such as sutra case, sutra chest, and cloth for wrapping sutra.
The second offers the sutra paintings ranging from the period of Unified Silla (668-935) to the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) arranged chronologically to present an entire view of the distinguishing characteristics in accordance with its period and style.
Also, the sutra paintings of China and Japan are on display to show the superiority of Korea's craft.
This exhibition provides visitors with an invaluable opportunity to appreciate the precious sutra paintings of Korea, cloth for wrapping sutra, as well as the pagodas and incense burner expressed in the sutra paintings.
``Through the delicate and flamboyant paintings, we can see how the world-top metal topography technology peaked in the Goryeo Kingdom which adopted Buddhism as the national religion,'' Kim Hong-nam, the museum's director, said.
It will reveal the noble spirituality of the ancestors and the sublime realm of Buddhism, she said.
``Avatamsaka Sutra Painting,'' which uses gold paint on paper from Unified Silla (754-755), is a sutra painting of the ``Newly Translated Avatamsaka Sutra,'' which was translated by the monk of Tang Dynasty, Siksananda (652-710).
``Mah ratnak'' is a sutra painting, painted with gold and silver on dark-blue paper in Goryeo (1006) which comes from the Kyoto National Museum.
``Lotus Sutra Painting,'' gold and silver paint on dark-blue paper, comes from Hoshaku-ji temple during the Goryeo kingdom (1294).
``Amoghapasa-kalparaja Sutra Painting,'' gold paint on dark-blue paper, from the Goryeo era (1275) is on display from the Leeum Museum.
``Maha Prajnapa ramita sutra painting,'' is gold paint on dark-blue paper from the Heian Period (794-1191).
For more information, call (02) 2077-9271.
[email protected] |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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| hahahahaha. That's f'ing funny. |
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kingplaya4
Joined: 14 May 2006
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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| How many of us go out to the art gallery back home unless a hot chick is forcing us to? Most white foreigners here can hardly say left and right in Korean, how are they going to worry about the Korean mentality? That's for a select few lifers to think about, but for probably 99%, it only computes when their boss tells them their isn't going to be any severance and airfare even though they put in their twelve months. There's a strong minority that stay here two years, but that's about it for most folks. |
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England
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| This reminds me of my Korean Air flight from Seoul to London last month; the inflight music featured a performance by Sarah Chang - a famous Korean American violinist. The guide stated that "this Korean violinist is widely regarded as a better violinist than Paganini ever was." |
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fortysixyou
Joined: 08 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: Re: How do you do it? |
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| in_seoul_2003 wrote: |
| Besides the money, how do you continue to live in a country where insecurity and war-mongering mentalities are invested in almost every aspect of life? |
Meh, if they want to claim they're superior at some esoteric craft, let them have that. Maybe Koreans really are better at it.
The chihuahua would never win in a fight with a pit bull and a bull mastiff, but the chihuahua might be a better painter of buddhas.
Let the chihuahuas have that.
(And yes, chihuahuas often have the loudest, shrieking bark, even after having the shit-balls beat out of them repeatedly by the pit bull)
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| Also, the sutra paintings of China and Japan are on display to show the superiority of Korea's craft. |
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Miles Rationis
Joined: 08 May 2007
Location: Just Say No To Korea!
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: Re: How do you do it? |
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| in_seoul_2003 wrote: |
Besides the money, how do you continue to live in a country where insecurity and war-mongering mentalities are invested in almost every aspect of life? You want to go out for a nice afternoon to check out some art? Think again. Doesn't it realy wear on you after a while? Alot of other countries are the same, but in Korea it always seems to find its way into every nook and cranny. The institutions in this country, be they museums or media, truly deserve the retard designation they get.
By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
The National Museum of Korea is holding a special exhibition, titled ``Sutra Painting: In Search of Buddhahood'' at the Special Exhibition Gallery until Sept. 16.
Sutra paintings are referred to as the Buddhist scriptures, as depicted in its various handwritings and paintings.
Just as Buddhist paintings, with their delicate and elaborate illustrations, are highly respected, Goryeo's works are too revered.
The museum's exhibition is the first of its kind in Korea, featuring over a hundred sutra paintings. The works are considered to be national treasures.
The paintings have attracted public interest as they reveal the aesthetics of the Goryeo Kingdom (918~1392).
The show is made available, under limited viewing, to the public and scholars to ensure preservation.
The exhibition provides a rare opportunity to witness the collection of the sutra paintings from the National Museum, private museums, galleries, and even from private collections.
The exhibition features more than 40 objects, each produced during the Goryeo period that were brought in from Japan's National Museum and various temples for this exhibition.
Among these collections, 14 pieces will be on display for the first time in Korea.
The exhibition includes 26 designated objects, such as 7 National Treasures including National Treasure No.196, ``Flower Garland Sutra,'' from the collection of the Leeum Museum, 17 treasures and two Important Cultural Properties of Japan.
Also, this is the first time the ``Lotus Sutra Painting,'' patronized by Yeom Seung-ik, and discovered in Namgyewon pagoda, on display
The exhibition consists of two themes. The first highlights the Diamond Sutra Block made of gold found in Iksan Wanggung-ri pagoda, Buddhist reliquary as well as objects such as sutra case, sutra chest, and cloth for wrapping sutra.
The second offers the sutra paintings ranging from the period of Unified Silla (668-935) to the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) arranged chronologically to present an entire view of the distinguishing characteristics in accordance with its period and style.
Also, the sutra paintings of China and Japan are on display to show the superiority of Korea's craft.
This exhibition provides visitors with an invaluable opportunity to appreciate the precious sutra paintings of Korea, cloth for wrapping sutra, as well as the pagodas and incense burner expressed in the sutra paintings.
``Through the delicate and flamboyant paintings, we can see how the world-top metal topography technology peaked in the Goryeo Kingdom which adopted Buddhism as the national religion,'' Kim Hong-nam, the museum's director, said.
It will reveal the noble spirituality of the ancestors and the sublime realm of Buddhism, she said.
``Avatamsaka Sutra Painting,'' which uses gold paint on paper from Unified Silla (754-755), is a sutra painting of the ``Newly Translated Avatamsaka Sutra,'' which was translated by the monk of Tang Dynasty, Siksananda (652-710).
``Mah ratnak'' is a sutra painting, painted with gold and silver on dark-blue paper in Goryeo (1006) which comes from the Kyoto National Museum.
``Lotus Sutra Painting,'' gold and silver paint on dark-blue paper, comes from Hoshaku-ji temple during the Goryeo kingdom (1294).
``Amoghapasa-kalparaja Sutra Painting,'' gold paint on dark-blue paper, from the Goryeo era (1275) is on display from the Leeum Museum.
``Maha Prajnapa ramita sutra painting,'' is gold paint on dark-blue paper from the Heian Period (794-1191).
For more information, call (02) 2077-9271.
[email protected] |
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Zaria32
Joined: 04 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Good Lord, what ARE you blathering on about? |
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Cognorati
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Also, the sutra paintings of China and Japan are on display to show the superiority of Korea's craft. |
This is actually a relevant topic that has bothered me since I first got here, and visited Ho-Am art music (if you are a lover of world-class art, trust me, it isn't worth your time).
In their pottery section, they had something to the effect that Korea's pottery was clearly superior to Ming porcelain...
If one has studied art, one knows that Chinese porcelain is one of the most fascinating and excellent contributions the Chinese have made to the world: we are still unsure of the exactly how it was fired, because the enamelling and porcelain actually fuse together (something modern artisans can't achieve).
It was one of my first experiences of Korea, when I was in the tourist phase, and I was frankly disgusted: I've traveled A LOT, and probably to most world-reknowned museums, and I've never seen such an obviously ignorant, racist, and nationalist blurb sitting next to an art piece. Oh yeah: the pottery was inferior, and not worth looking at, so the room was empty...
It showed me that Koreans are clearly ignorant of global standards of taste, etiquette, and decorum... |
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Miles Rationis
Joined: 08 May 2007
Location: Just Say No To Korea!
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Also, the sutra paintings of China and Japan are on display to show the superiority of Korea's craft. |
This is actually a relevant topic that has bothered me since I first got here, and visited Ho-Am art music (if you are a lover of world-class art, trust me, it isn't worth your time).
In their pottery section, they had something to the effect that Korea's pottery was clearly superior to Ming porcelain...
If one has studied art, one knows that Chinese porcelain is one of the most fascinating and excellent contributions the Chinese have made to the world: we are still unsure of the exactly how it was fired, because the enamelling and porcelain actually fuse together (something modern artisans can't achieve).
It was one of my first experiences of Korea, when I was in the tourist phase, and I was frankly disgusted: I've traveled A LOT, and probably to most world-reknowned museums, and I've never seen such an obviously ignorant, racist, and nationalist blurb sitting next to an art piece. Oh yeah: the pottery was inferior, and not worth looking at, so the room was empty...
It showed me that Koreans are clearly ignorant of global standards of taste, etiquette, and decorum... |
China and Japan stole ALL their ideas from Korea...  |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Things like that just make me laugh. If it was so superiour it probably wouldn't be on display in Korea, would it? Just give Koreans credit for being the very best on the planet (Planet Korea, that is) in everything and get on with life. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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On a related note, my students last week wanted to know (again) whether I thought Korean or American women were more beautiful. Well, there I can actually be honest. One of them asked me if I had a choice between Lee Hyori and Britney Spears whom I'd pick. Well, duh, Lee Hyori, of course. Collective cheer. Then one of them asked if I had a choice between Lee Hyori and Nicole Kidmam. 'Oh' I said 'that's a real tough one, but I think I'd have to go with Nicole Kidman'.
Collective groan. 'Disappointed!' several of them called out. |
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Miles Rationis
Joined: 08 May 2007
Location: Just Say No To Korea!
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
On a related note, my students last week wanted to know (again) whether I thought Korean or American women were more beautiful. Well, there I can actually be honest. One of them asked me if I had a choice between Lee Hyori and Britney Spears whom I'd pick. Well, duh, Lee Hyori, of course. Collective cheer. Then one of them asked if I had a choice between Lee Hyori and Nicole Kidmam. 'Oh' I said 'that's a real tough one, but I think I'd have to go with Nicole Kidman'.
Collective groan. 'Disappointed!' several of them called out. |
Next question: my avatar or a Korean woman, any Korean woman. Who would you pick? |
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I'm Seoul Lost
Joined: 19 Jun 2006
Location: In the mountains of Gyeonggi
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Miles Rationis wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
On a related note, my students last week wanted to know (again) whether I thought Korean or American women were more beautiful. Well, there I can actually be honest. One of them asked me if I had a choice between Lee Hyori and Britney Spears whom I'd pick. Well, duh, Lee Hyori, of course. Collective cheer. Then one of them asked if I had a choice between Lee Hyori and Nicole Kidmam. 'Oh' I said 'that's a real tough one, but I think I'd have to go with Nicole Kidman'.
Collective groan. 'Disappointed!' several of them called out. |
Next question: my avatar or a Korean woman, any Korean woman. Who would you pick? |
Songtan Sally! |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm Seoul Lost wrote: |
| Miles Rationis wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
On a related note, my students last week wanted to know (again) whether I thought Korean or American women were more beautiful. Well, there I can actually be honest. One of them asked me if I had a choice between Lee Hyori and Britney Spears whom I'd pick. Well, duh, Lee Hyori, of course. Collective cheer. Then one of them asked if I had a choice between Lee Hyori and Nicole Kidmam. 'Oh' I said 'that's a real tough one, but I think I'd have to go with Nicole Kidman'.
Collective groan. 'Disappointed!' several of them called out. |
Next question: my avatar or a Korean woman, any Korean woman. Who would you pick? |
Songtan Sally! |
Hmm, do I get to pick the Korean? I don't actually know who that chick is (nor what people find offensive about the avatar). |
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Sody
Joined: 14 May 2006
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| Ok I'm not gonna say I defend Korean nationalism, I think it is completely stupid. But lying and being in denial has really helped South Korea grow as a country. Ever since the Korean war their mentality has changed and I don't know whether it was the government that has started all these lies but instilling a sense of "we are the best in everything we do," has brought about progress. Again, I don't agree with the arrogance but it worked to some degree. |
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