Shadow - Shadow

...In other words, paintings of this period can be broadly divided into two categories: paintings centered on the literati community, which could be called subjective idealism, with poetry, calligraphy, and painting united, and paintings centered on the Painting Office, which could be called objective realism. The content is diverse, but particularly outstanding works can be seen in ink-wash paintings of landscapes and the Four Noble Men, painted by literati and artists, and portraits (yingji) born from Confucian ancestor worship. When examining paintings of the Yi Dynasty in terms of art circles and schools, there is not as much differentiation of schools or expansion of art circles as there is in China and Japan....

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…すなわち，この時期の絵画は，文人の社会を中心にした詩･書･画一致の主観的理想主義とでもいうべき絵画と，図画署を中心にした客観的写実主義とでもいうべき絵画の二つに大別できよう。その内容は多岐にわたるが，特に文人や画員によって描かれた水墨画の山水や四君子，および儒教の祖先崇拝から生まれた肖像画(影幀)などに優れた成果がみられる。　李朝の絵画を画壇や流派の面から見てみると，中国や日本におけるほどに流派的分化や画壇の広がりが見られない。…

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