Paik Nam-june was born in 1932. His family were wealthy textile merchants, and he lived in easy circumstances. Therefore, he could do what he wanted. He had a lot of chances to learn various fields like music and art. He was also interested in piano and composition.Meeting the composer Lee Gun-woo had important significance. After this time, Paik Nam-june wanted to become an artist. Including Lee Gun-woo, Paik Nam-june had many supporters like John Cage, Joseph Beuys, Charlotte Moorman, and his wife Kubota Sigeko. They were an important part of his life. Someone asked John Cage, “Mr. Cage, if
Although Western forms of heating have become more widely used in Korea, Koreans still use the goodeul every winter. Do you know what a goodeul is? The word’s origin comes from a burnt stone. Goodeul is the traditional Korean heating system using heat conduction. It is not atmospheric heating, but floor heating. Traditional Korean sitting lifestyle took root in Korea through the use of the goodeul. Let's examine the goodeul and especially the beautiful goodeul chimneys of Gyeongbok Palace. A goodeul is made up of four structures: agoongi, gorae, goodeuljang, and a chimney called goosae. You c
Coca-Cola is a mass produced product that represents modern industrial society, and we can see it and drink it everyday. Some artists use images and objects from popular culture including Coca-Cola bottles. These artworks are called “pop art.”What is Pop Art?Pop art is artwork that uses popular cultural images such as billboards, comic strips, advertisements and supermarket products. The term “pop art” was first used by the English art critic Lawrence Alloway in 1954. The first piece of pop art was a collage entitled Just What is it that Makes Today's Homes so Different, so Appealing? by the E
The white silk cowl folded gentlywavers like a butterfly.A bluish head, shaved closeveiled under the fine cowl.The glow on her cheekspretty as a sorrow.A candlelight burns silentlyon an empty altar.The moon skins intoevery paulownia leaf.Her long sleeves flow upagainst the vast heaven,Oh, how her shapely white socksturned up so slightlyas if flying on the wing.Raising her dark eyes softly,she gazes at a single starin the far-off sky.Her fair peach blossom cheeksadorned with a teardrop or tow.Like a star shine her agoniesif painful are her worldly cares.Swaying, bending and folding againher han
Shin Sang-ok is well known as the husband of Choi Eun-hee, a star actress in the 1960s, and he was a director that created new style movies for the first time in Korea. He made many hit movies, for example, Sung Choon-Hyang, My Mother and Her Guest, and The Red Muffler, in the 1960s. He died on April 11, 2006, leaving his last film Winter Story.Shin Sang-ok founded the first Korean film company, Sheen Film, in 1966. Many 1960s’ movies were created by Sheen Film, and it has modernized Korean movies. He led a renaissance of Korean movies with the directors Yu Hyun-mok, Kim Soo-yong, and Kang Dae
Koguryo (Goguryeo) was a kingdom in northern Korea and Manchuria from 37 BC to 668 AD. It was founded by Ju-mong (posthumously called King Dongmyeongseong) and ruled by 26 kings. Koreans have accepted Koguryo people as their ancestors without any doubt, having the tacit agreement of neighborhood countries including China.However, China launched the Northeast Asian Project in 2002 and has been claiming since then that Koguryo was one of the regional kingdoms that belonged to China. Koguryo is becoming a hot issue between Korea and China. The Chinese government said that they would have supporte
Eunuchs, the men who served a king in his palace in ancient Korea, were called naeshi in Korean. Eunuchs had various tasks: they always followed their king wherever he went, they delivered the king’s orders to other people, they checked food and drink for the king, and they did lots of palace chores such as gate keeping and housekeeping. Eunuchs remind us of women and have been described in many books and movies with the stereotyped image of a weak and small body and a high quivering voice. Some records on eunuchs can be found in other histories like the Persian Achaemenid Dynasty and the Egyp
We can easily find traditional silver knives in museums or stores in Korea. These beautiful silver knives have a sad story. They were ornaments and protective means against enemies, but mainly they were used for suicide in the case of a violation of chastity. Women committed suicide with them when they thought they had lost their faithfulness and honesty because in the past Korean society valued fidelity above any other virtues of women. Mothers gave silver knives to their daughters as a marriage gift.Silver knives originated in China in the Goryeo Dynasty. However, in China they used silver k
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