[KS] Two Sokkuram queries

[rmo at mail.utexas.edu]

Thanks to Professors Smith, Pak, and Lee.  This accords, I think, with what I've
been guessing.  Basically what I'm looking at is a document from pre-restoration
1911 that seems (and "seems" is an important word; it is not 100% crystal clear)
to describe how at least part of the grotto was painted, i.e. what colors. 
Basically I'm looking for anything out there that would correlate, but failing
that I will probably just go with what I have.

Rob Oppenheim
Assistant Professor
Department of Asian Studies
University of Texas at Austin

Quoting eun at sfsu.edu:

> 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,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Youngsook Pak
> > 
> > Department of Art and Archaeology
> > 
> > School of Oriental and African Studies
> > 
> > University of London
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >   _____  
> > 
> > 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
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 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(> Sŏkkuram pulsang edo saek ŭl ch'irhaetta
> > [videorecording] / ch'aegim p'ŭrodyusŏ, Nam Sŏng-u ; yŏnch'ul, O
> Su-sŏng
> > ; chejak, KBS. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > In the video, they insists that many statues were originally painted.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 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
„ 11ì›” 9일 수요일 ì˜¤ì „ 11:23
> > 
> > Subject: [KS] Two Sokkuram queries
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 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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