The Artistic Features of Korea

It is speculated that Korean painting originated from murals in the Bronze Age. But in the Three Kingdoms period, painting in the true sense developed.

The tomb murals of Koguryo in the Three Kingdoms period fully demonstrated the brave and lively lifestyle of Koguryo people. Koguryo tomb murals include hunting pictures, custom pictures, no pictures, four gods pictures and so on. The art of Baekje is characterized by elegance and nobility. Tianma Tu written by Tianmazhong in Silla is a representative work of Silla, which embodies the artistic taste of Silla. Therefore, it can be said that the art of Koguryo, Baekje and Silla complement each other and create the cornerstone of Korean cultural development. During the Korean era, Buddhist paintings such as landscape paintings, temple murals and framed paintings influenced by China were widely popular. Paintings in the Korean era are rich and colorful.

Traditional painting is different from western oil painting. Traditional painting uses the shadow and color effect of ink to paint on silk or white paper. Korean paintings can be roughly divided into three categories according to painting methods: ink painting, ink painting and color painting. Ink painting only uses ink to draw, the beauty of lines and blanks. Ink painting refers to an understated painting with color on the basis of ink painting. Color painting is to draw strong colors on ink lines. In traditional culture, it is similar to the following.