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Resources Organized by Art Subject Area: Painting (All)



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Minneapolis Institute of Arts: The Art of Asia
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The Explore the Collection section of this content-rich site features nearly 3,500 objects from the MIA's collection of Asian art. All images have a Zoom View; most images have descriptions. A Featured Objects section highlights 20 objects from the collection in great detail (through curator interviews), and six Featured Collections showcase objects in the following categories: 1) Ancient Chinese Bronzes; 2) Architectural Models; 3) Chinese Furniture; 4) Imperial Silks; 5) Taoist Art; and 6) Ukiyo-e. Users can also browse objects by country/region or by one of 15 subject categories (architecture, paintings, ceramics, drawings, etc.) or use the keyword search. An Add to My Collection feature allows users to create an online gallery to save and to share.

Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/explore/index.html
Goryeo Dynasty: Korea’s Age of Enlightenment [PDF]
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Few people are aware that the name Korea is derived from the name of the Goryeo (previously tranliterated as Koryo) dynasty. It was during this period (918–1392) that Korea became known to the world outside East Asia. This packet provides an overview of aspects of Goryeo society and Goryeo Buddhism as depicted in the arts of the period.

Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/12/GoryeoDynasty...
Great Waves: Chinese Themes in the Arts of Korea and Japan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Online presentation of a 2003 exhibition that "explores how Chinese pictorial themes—Buddhist iconography, landscape imagery, flower and bird subjects, and figural narratives—were selectively adopted and reinterpreted by native artists in Korea and Japan." With images of 16 related artworks dating from the 10th to the 18th century.

Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2003/great-waves
Mountain and Water: Korean Landscape Painting, 1400–1800
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
An extensive discussion of landscape painting during the Chosôn dynasty (1392-1910), which "coincides with a period of great maturation of landscape painting, in style and theoretical paradigms." Covers major artists and key developments in style and technique. With 6 related artworks.

Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mowa/hd_mowa.htm
Work and Leisure: Eighteenth-Century Genre Painting in Korea
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
An extensive discussion of genre painting (illustrations of everyday life) in 18th-century Korea. Covers major artists and key developments in style and technique. With 4 related artworks.

Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kgnr/hd_kgnr.htm
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