Contents

Foreword 

Bartomeu Mari 006

Director, The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Korea

Essays 

Art of the Korean Empire: Accepting New Cultures While Preserving Traditional Values 008

-Bae Wonjung, Curator, MMCA

Historical and Artistic Significance of Court Art of the Korean Empire 012

Hong Sunpyo, Professor Emeritus, Ewha Womans

University: Endowed-Chair Professor, Korea National University of Cultural Heritage

Ⅰ. Art of Empire

The Joseon Court Painting Tradition and Painting of the Imperial Family of the Korea Empire 050

Park Jeonghye, Professor, The Academy of Korean Studies

Creation and Significance of National Emblems of the Korean Empire 059

Mok Soohyun, Art Historian

Patronage of Buddhism and Buddhist Paintings of the Imperial Court of the Korean Empire 065

Choi Yeob, Lecturer, Dongguk University

Ⅱ. Photography:    New Method of Documentation and Representation 

Photography of the Korean Empire: From the Divine Realm to the Public Sphere 136

Kwon Heangga, Visiting Professor, Sungkyunkwan University

Photo Studio Culture of the Korean Empire: Production and Distribution of Portrait Photos 142

Lee Kyeongmin, Director, Research Institute of Photographic Archives

Ⅲ. Crafts: Artisic and Industrial Paths 

Modern Visual Culture and the Craft Workshop of the Office of the Royal Household 224

Choi Gongho, Professor, Korea National University of Cultural Heritage

The Korean Empire and Ceramics at the Intersection of Change 231

Eon Seunghui, Researcher, Research Institute of Ceramics, Ewha Womans University

Ⅳ. Painting as Art and Painter as Artist 

Artists Who produced Paintings for the Imperial Court of the Korean Empire 334

Kang Mingi, Visiting Professor, Hongik University

New Sense of Identity among Painters of the Korean Empire 342

Kim Yisoon, Professor, Hongik University

Development of the Imperial Art Collection of the Korean Empire 351

Hwang Jungyon, Curator, Cultural Heritage Administration, Korea

List of Works 356