Order Nr. 120540 ARTS OF KOREA. Chewon Kim, Lena Kim Lee.

ARTS OF KOREA.

  • Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International, (1974).
  • 4to.
  • cloth, dust jacket, slipcase
  • 365+(1) pages
  • ISBN: 0870112066

Price: $75.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 120540

First edition. Photographs by Masakatsu Yamamoto. Table of contents, foreword by Sherman E. Lee, preface, introduction, historical map of Korea, notes to the plates, comparative chronology of East Asian history, bibliography, index. 97 color plates, including 17 tipped-in. 187 black and white gravure plates. Each chapter with endnotes. Author argues that the idea of Korean art was an extension of the art of China is a misconception. Slipcase lightly soiled and worn at edge.