My First visit to the museum of pictures
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A tale of the valley
Written by Eun-soo Cho l 233 x 238mm l 38pages
Folk tales tell the stories of silly tigers that should be ferocious, rivers that flow unnaturally, fishes and birds that smile, and flowers that bloom like fluffy clouds. The delightful pictures by ancient Koreans with huge imagination along with the enlightening stories by the traveling artist bring pleasure to readers.
Can You Hear It?
Written by Ha-sup Jung l 233 x 238mm l 34pages
If you look at landscape paintings by ancient Koreans, you can almost hear the sounds. A scholar stops his horse suddenly and listens to the songs of two orioles from a weeping willow. Can you hear them singing too? Listen to the thundering sounds of the cool waters falling, seagulls calling, and the slapping sounds of the waves.
Did You see swallowtail(butterfly) in a Bright spring Day?
Written by Eun-soo Cho l 233 x 238mm l 34pages
Hong-do Kim is a master of folk paintings and Seon Jeong is famous for the Jin-kyoung-san-su-hwa. But it is the true that they also painted so funny and naive paintings. Kim painted and Jeong painted . These kind of paintings make us exprerience the interesting world of paintings more really than any other paintings do. All the stories told with pictures will help us understand the thoughts and lifestyles of our Korean ancestors.
Hey, Birds!
Written by Eun-soo Cho l 233 x 238mm l 34pages
This is the collection of pictures depicting birds which were painted by Soo-young Jeong, Se-sub Hong, Ki-hoon Yang. They lived in the late time of Chosun Dynasty and although they were not so famous. They painted various kinds of birds in great detail. The swallows in tailcoats, the kingfishers waiting for prey fishes, the mysterious cranes, the happy couple of mandarin ducks(love-birds)...
Once around the Neighborhood
Written by Eun-soo Cho l 233 x 238mm l 42pages
Come and follow Ahjae and Gongjae around the neighborhood and meet the many ancient Koreans. Look! A child is being scolded for not doing his homework. You can see people working, women by the river doing laundry, women bathing by the river, and all sorts of things. You can see for yourself how ancient Koreans lived by looking at famous Korean landscapes by Kim Heung Do, Shin Youn Bok, Kim Duek Shin, and Cho Young Suk.
Once upon a time Tigers smoke
Written by Eun-soo Cho l 233 x 238mm l 34pages
"They say that we observe animals very carefully with love-mind when we draw them. If you look a drawing or painting of animals which was made by our Korean ancestors, you will know this saying is true. There is very funny look of a cat failed to hunt its meal in . In addition to this, there are so many pictures make us look into the lives of Korean ancestors."
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