[KS] Not only Sokkuram but also other pagodas were painted
sangoak at snu.ac.kr
sangoak at snu.ac.kr
Sun Nov 20 05:50:19 EST 2005
I fully agree with Dr. Pak's saying: "I am quite sure that
Sokkuram was originally painted and gilded, as all images in cave temples were,
both in the west and east."
In addition,
there are some evidences that Dabotap/Tabot'ap was
also painted
together with other (stony)
pagodas.
One can observe red-brownish color in the most inner
parts of eaves of Dabotap, and also on other stony Buddha in
Gyeongju/KyOngju area. [This was discovered by Prof. Pak Jong-guk, Curator of
Wideok University Museum at Gyeongju.]
More accessively there is also one vividly extant example of painted
pagoda in Jin-gwansa/Chin'gwansa Temple just in the Northern Seoul. This pagoda
was donated in 1901 by my great-grandmother wishing to have/conceive my
grandfather.
For those who are interested in this color painting at the central
part of pagoda: Cf.
Sang-Oak Lee (1998)
A Hanok in Seoul
--A Traditional
Residential Architecture : A Study of the Yi PyOktong Residence of Hongmun-dong,
Elizabeth, NJ & Seoul: Hollym,
p.109. [I attach here that picture but usually the list-coordinator rejects
attachments.]
Sang-Oak Lee
Dep't of Korean, Seoul National Univ.
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2005/11/20 일요일 오전 4:33:17
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Re: [KS] Two Sokkuram queries
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(> S??kkuram pulsang edo saek 큼l ch'irhaetta
> > [videorecording] / ch'aegim p'큼rodyus??, Nam S??ng-u ; y??nch'ul, O
> Su-s??ng
> > ; 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: 2005??? 11??? 9??? ????????? ??ㅼ?? 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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