J.P. Park, June and Simon Li Associate Professor of Chinese Art History at the University of Oxford, UK. Burglind Jungmann is Professor Emerita of Korean Art and Visual Culture at the University of California Los Angeles, USA. Juhyung Rhi is Professor of Buddhist Art History at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

• About the Editors viiNotes on Contributors ixEditors’ Preface xiiiSeries Editor’s Preface xviiIntroduction: The Contours of Korea’s Cultural History 1Donald L. BakerPart I Ancient to Medieval Cultures on the Korean Peninsula 271 Early Paintings of Korea: Murals and Craft Decorations 29Minku Kim2 Sculptures of the Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla 57Sunkyung Kim3 Buddhist Architecture, Politics, and Gender in the Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla 87Youn-mi Kim4 Art and Artifacts of Three Kingdoms Tombs 107Hyunsook KangPart II The Koryŏ Dynasty 1335 Introduction and Development of Koryŏ Celadon 135Namwon Jang6 Koryŏ Buddhist Sculpture: Issues and History 159Sun-ah Choi7 The Art of Salvation: New Approaches to Koryŏ Buddhist Painting 183Yoonjung Seo8 Establishing a New Tradition: Koryŏ Buddhist Architecture 205Seunghye Lee9 Arts of Refinement: Lacquer and Metalwares of Koryŏ 235Charlotte HorlyckPart III The Chosŏn Dynasty 26110 The Emergence of Confucian Culture: Early Chosŏn Painting 263Insoo Cho11 Transformation: Three Centuries of Change in Late Chosŏn Painting 291Chin-Sung Chang12 Ceramics and Culture in Chosŏn Korea 321Soyoung Lee13 Ritual and Splendor: Chosŏn Court Art 343Burglind Jungmann14 Faith, Ritual, and the Arts: Chosŏn Buddhist Art and Architecture 371Unsok SongPart IV Modern & Contemporary Developments 40315 Modern Korean Art in the Japanese Colonial Period 405Jungsil Jenny Lee16 The Long Breath: Postwar Korean Art 433Joan Kee17 Situating Contemporary Art of South Korea, 1980 to 2016 465Young Min Moon18 South Korean Cinema in the Age of Hallyu 497Kyung Hyun KimIndex 513

“This book distills the latest scholarship in a wide array of subfields of Korean art history. It is an outstanding accomplishment and a welcome addition for scholars with advanced knowledge of East Asian art.” – caareviews.org (CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2021.96)