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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear Koreanists,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I am quite sure that Sokkuram was
originally painted and gilded, as all images in cave temples were, both in the
west and east. When you visit Chinese cave temples, Yungang, Longmen,
Binglingsi, Mogaoku in Dunhuang, Kizil, Bezeklik, etc., you will see there are
no exceptions. The recent excavations of hundreds of stone images from Qingzhou
in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Shandong</st1:place></st1:State> province
confirm this. Classical Greek marble sculptures, eg, Pergamon in Berlin and
Parthenon marbles in the British Museum, were once all painted, although they
have now become pure white.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Youngsook Pak<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Department of Art and Archaeology<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>School</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Oriental</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> and African Studies<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>University of London<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
Koreanstudies-bounces@koreaweb.ws [mailto:Koreanstudies-bounces@koreaweb.ws] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Young-Jun Lee<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 16 November 2005 02:16<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Korean Studies Discussion List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [KS] Two Sokkuram
queries</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Gulim><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I visited Sokkuram twice in the 1990s and entered
inside the grotto but I could not detect any trace of painting.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I would recommend you to view the video produced by KBS-TV:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Gulim><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="javascript:open_window("><font color=black><span style='color:black'>Sŏkkuram
pulsang edo saek ŭl ch'irhaetta [videorecording] / ch'aegim p'ŭrodyusŏ,
Nam Sŏng-u ; yŏnch'ul, O Su-sŏng ; chejak, KBS.</span></font></a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Gulim><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In the video, they insists that many statues were originally
painted.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Gulim><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Best,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Young-Jun Lee</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Visiting Lecturer, Korean Literature</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">California</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>, Berkeley</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ph.D. Candidate,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>EALC, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Harvard</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:rmo@mail.utexas.edu" title="rmo@mail.utexas.edu">Robert Oppenheim</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws" title="Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws">Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 2005</span></font><font
size=2><span lang=KO style='font-size:10.0pt'>년</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 11</span></font><font
size=2><span lang=KO style='font-size:10.0pt'>월</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 9</span></font><font
size=2><span lang=KO style='font-size:10.0pt'>일</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=KO style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=2><span lang=KO style='font-size:10.0pt'>수요일</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=KO style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=2><span lang=KO style='font-size:10.0pt'>오전</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 11:23<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> [KS] Two Sokkuram
queries<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Gulim><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State>, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Austin</st1:place></st1:City><br>
1 University Station G9300<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Austin</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">TX</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">78712</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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