Korea : highlights of the Newark Museum's collection / edited by Katherine Anne Paul ; essays by Chin-Sung Chang, Eleanor Soo-Ah Hyun, Katherine Anne Paul.

The Newark Museum is one of the first museums in the West to have collected and continually exhibited Korean art. Currently the collection numbers more than 600 works and includes an incredible breadth of materials and range of time periods, spanning from nearly 2000 years ago to the present day. This book highlights the Museum's Korean holdings and aims to bring this remarkable, lesser-known collection into the public eye.

"This publication has been made possible by support provided by the National Museum of Korea. Additional funding provided by the Helen R. Buck Foundation"--Title page verso.

"Note to reader: names of Korean and East Asian historical figures are given in traditional order (surname first); names of contemporary figures, such as the authors of this volume, are given in Western order (surname last). Life or reign dates are provided when known. Korean names and terms are transcribed according to the Revised Romanization of Korean. However, exceptions are made for names for which different Romanization is conventional or common in English-language sources.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-138).

Forewords -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Introduction to exhibitions & collections of Korean art at the Newark Museum -- Art of contemporary and modern Korea (1910-present) -- Art during the Japanese Colonial Period (1910-45) -- Art of the Imperial Period (1897-1910) -- Art of the Joseon Period (1392-1897) & legacy (1897-present) : Historical overview & neo-Confucianism, Court & folk painting, Ceramics, Buddhist sculptures & paintings -- Art of the Goryeo Period (918-1392) -- Art of Gaya (24-562CE) and Silla (57BCE-935CE) Periods -- Recommended readings.