[KS] Two Sokkuram queries
eun at sfsu.edu
eun at sfsu.edu
Sat Nov 19 02:48:18 EST 2005
The most expansive publication with many beautiful illustrations is Hwang Su-
young's book entitled, "Sokkuram Cave Temple" (NB 1063 H 93 1989).
Eun Jung Smith
Art History Department
San Francisco State University
Quoting Youngsook Pak <yp at soas.ac.uk>:
> Dear Koreanists,
>
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> 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 Shandong 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.
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> Youngsook Pak
>
> Department of Art and Archaeology
>
> School of Oriental and African Studies
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> University of London
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> _____
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> From: Koreanstudies-bounces at koreaweb.ws
> [mailto:Koreanstudies-bounces at koreaweb.ws] On Behalf Of Young-Jun Lee
> Sent: 16 November 2005 02:16
> To: Korean Studies Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [KS] Two Sokkuram queries
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> I visited Sokkuram twice in the 1990s and entered inside the grotto but I
> could not detect any trace of painting.
>
> I would recommend you to view the video produced by KBS-TV:
>
> <javascript:open_window(> SÅkkuram pulsang edo saek Ål ch'irhaetta
> [videorecording] / ch'aegim p'ÅrodyusÅ, Nam SÅng-u ; yÅnch'ul, O Su-sÅng
> ; chejak, KBS.
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> In the video, they insists that many statues were originally painted.
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> Best,
>
> Young-Jun Lee
>
> Visiting Lecturer, Korean Literature
>
> University of California, Berkeley
>
> Ph.D. Candidate,
>
> EALC, Harvard University
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Robert Oppenheim <mailto:rmo at mail.utexas.edu>
>
> To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
>
> Sent: 2005ë
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> Subject: [KS] Two Sokkuram queries
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>
> Dear all,
>
> I wonder if anyone could help me with two questions. Forgive me if these
> are obvious; I'm not an art historian:
>
> 1) The central Buddha at Sokkuram retains traces of red paint on its
> lips. Has anyone ever seen a discussion of how the rest of the stone
> surfaces of the temple were painted, traces remaining into the 20th
> century, etc.? {Full disclosure: I've never been inside past the window to
> see up close}.
>
> 2) Can anyone suggest a reference, more generally, to discussions of
> conventions of depicting human figures in Korean Buddhist temple painting?
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
>
> Rob Oppenheim
>
> Robert Oppenheim
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Asian Studies
> University of Texas, Austin
> 1 University Station G9300
> Austin, TX 78712
>
>
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