Kpop threads galore, but little love for the higher-brow stuff... let's change that. > Minhwa, literally means "painting of the people" or "popular painting", were produced and popularized by anonymous painters of the lower class during the late Joseon dynasty of 1390s to 1890s. Folk paintings portray animals, beautiful flowers, trees, birds and even shelves with books, painting essentials or other daily objects in the live of ordinary Koreans. Though these masterpieces may differ in figures, colors and topics, they are all drawn to a specific plain, straightforward and naive style. Some even look quite childish and unrefined. However, the actual work is much more complicated than that. Minhwa is usually produced to decorate the main door of a house or can be done on folded screens and other furniture to bring happiness, luck, prosperity, wealth, fame, offspring, and even to ward off evil spirits. It usually takes a huge amount of effort, concentration and great skill to finish a Minhwa painting. Though they are roughly drawn, they express the philosophy of art of the Koreans: bold strokes, vivid colors, and unconventional layouts, combined with wit, humor, and an optimistic spirit.
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cool thread>>4838059koreans painted some trippy looking tigers
>>4838962>koreans painted some trippy looking tigersSince Siberian tigers are native to the peninsula, they're very important to Korean folklore. In fact, they have a whole subgenre of minhwa> Kkachi horangi (까치호랑이) is a prominent genre of minhwa that depicts magpies and tigers. In kkachi horangi paintings, the tiger, which is intentionally given a ridiculous and stupid appearance (hence its nickname "idiot tiger" 바보호랑이), represents authority and the aristocratic yangban, while the dignified magpie represents the common man. Hence, kkachi horangi paintings of magpies and tigers were a satire of the hierarchical structure of Joseon's feudal society.
>>4838052> Irworobongdo (Korean: 일월오봉도; Hanja: 日月五峯圖) is a [type of] Korean folding screen with a highly stylized landscape painting of a sun and moon, five peaks which always was set behind Eojwa, the king’s royal throne during the Joseon Dynasty. It literally means "Painting of the Sun, Moon and the Five Peaks" and is also called "Irwoldo" ("Painting of the Sun and Moon") or "Irwolgonryundo" ("Painting of the Sun, Moon and Mount Kunlun"). The sun and moon symbolize the king and queen while the five peaks denotes a mythical place. The screen serves to display the majesty of the Joseon royal court.
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>>4838052I like this thread!
This is not Minwha but Tangwha by 24-year-old uni student.
>>4848035Wonderfully done! And by all means, any Korean folk art works here> 용왕탱화> Dragon and dragon flower?
>>4838052fantastic thread and subjectcheers to you
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Lunch time and Wrestling by Kim Hong-do from late Joseon period.
Scenery from Dano day (단오풍정) by Sin Yun-bok aka Hyewon from late Joseon period.
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감사합니다~
>>4856678괜찮아~ :)
>>4854741Is there a cultural reason why Korean tigers look crazy, in the way that the artists’ priority doesn’t seem to have been accurately representing them?
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