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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I visited Sokkuram twice in the 1990s and entered
inside the grotto but I could not detect any trace of painting.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I would recommend you to view the video produced by
KBS-TV:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A
href='javascript:open_window("http://lms01.harvard.edu:80/F/TT83JG9222TRK3BJ69GCHFUSRMXXFHK2K5PL9SLU7ADKIVU2XI-03202?func=service&doc_number=008819293&line_number=0011&service_type=TAG");'><FONT
color=#000000>Sŏkkuram pulsang edo saek ŭl ch'irhaetta [videorecording]
/ ch'aegim p'ŭrodyusŏ, Nam Sŏng-u ; yŏnch'ul, O Su-sŏng ; chejak,
KBS.</FONT></A> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>In the video, they insists that many statues were
originally painted.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Young-Jun Lee</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Visiting Lecturer, Korean Literature</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>University of California, Berkeley</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ph.D. Candidate,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>EALC, Harvard University</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rmo@mail.utexas.edu href="mailto:rmo@mail.utexas.edu">Robert
Oppenheim</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws
href="mailto:Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws">Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 2005년 11월 9일 수요일 오전 11:23</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [KS] Two Sokkuram queries</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear all,<BR><BR>I wonder if anyone could help me with two
questions. Forgive me if these <BR>are obvious; I'm not an art
historian:<BR><BR>1) The central Buddha at Sokkuram retains traces of red
paint on its <BR>lips. Has anyone ever seen a discussion of how the rest
of the stone <BR>surfaces of the temple were painted, traces remaining into
the 20th <BR>century, etc.? {Full disclosure: I've never been inside
past the window to <BR>see up close}.<BR><BR>2) Can anyone suggest a
reference, more generally, to discussions of <BR>conventions of depicting
human figures in Korean Buddhist temple painting?<BR><BR>Thanks in advance for
any suggestions!<BR><BR>Rob Oppenheim<BR><BR>Robert Oppenheim<BR>Assistant
Professor<BR>Department of Asian Studies<BR>University of Texas, Austin<BR>1
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