Download or read book The Beauty of Old Korean Paintings written by Dongju Lee and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beauty of Old Korean Paintings: A History and an Appreciation began as an illustrated lecture by Lee Dongju (1917-1997), the eminent author and art historian and Professor Emeritus at the Seoul National University. Although the book follows the format of that long slide lecture it has been thoroughly edited and adapted to make the texts and images accessible to an international audience. The Beauty of Old Korean Paintings offers a wealth of information readily cross-referenced to Korean, Chinese and Japanese sources while preserving authentic voice and the value of his original work as an authoritative text on Korean painting