Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| + | [[File:Maitreya83.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Replica on display at Incheon Airport of [[National Treasure of Korea]] #83, a gilt-bronze Maitreya sculpture very closely related in style to the 7th century [[Koryu-ji|Kôryû-ji]] sculpture which was the first to be designated a [[National Treasure]] in Japan]] |
| | | |
| Buddhism is believed to have been introduced into the Korean kingdoms of [[Koguryo]] and [[Paekche]] in the 4th century, via the [[Northern Wei Dynasty]] ([[386]]-[[534]]), a dynasty of the [[Tuoba]] people, a Turkic people descended from the [[Xianbei]].<ref name=rawski123>Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 123-125.</ref> Though Korea initially copied Chinese styles of Buddhist sculpture, distinctive styles later emerged in each of the [[Three Kingdoms (Korea)|Three Kingdoms]]. These styles then merged into a single set of typical styles following the unification of Korea under the kingdom of [[Silla]] in the 7th century. | | Buddhism is believed to have been introduced into the Korean kingdoms of [[Koguryo]] and [[Paekche]] in the 4th century, via the [[Northern Wei Dynasty]] ([[386]]-[[534]]), a dynasty of the [[Tuoba]] people, a Turkic people descended from the [[Xianbei]].<ref name=rawski123>Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 123-125.</ref> Though Korea initially copied Chinese styles of Buddhist sculpture, distinctive styles later emerged in each of the [[Three Kingdoms (Korea)|Three Kingdoms]]. These styles then merged into a single set of typical styles following the unification of Korea under the kingdom of [[Silla]] in the 7th century. |
| | | |
− | [[Tang Dynasty]] sculptural styles had a notable influence in the 7th-8th centuries, and Korean Buddhist sculpture developed into a "mature classical style" in the 8th century, a period sometimes described as a "golden age" for Korean Buddhist art. | + | [[Tang Dynasty]] sculptural styles had a notable influence in the 7th-8th centuries, and Korean Buddhist sculpture developed into a "mature classical style" in the 8th century, a period sometimes described as a "golden age" for Korean Buddhist art. Meanwhile, the supply of [[copper]] dwindled, and the construction of Buddhist sculpture in [[iron]] - not widely used in Chinese or Japanese sculpture at all - flourished. |
| | | |
| Chinese influences faded beginning in the 9th century, and the 10th to 12th centuries saw considerable growth and development in native Korean styles, including the production of a number of colossal Buddhist images. Buddhism and Buddhist sculpture flourished in the [[Goryeo]] Kingdom ([[918]]-[[1392]]), and came to be influenced by Tibeto-Mongolian styles in the 13th-14th centuries as the [[Mongols|Mongol]] [[Yuan Dynasty]] rose to dominance in China. | | Chinese influences faded beginning in the 9th century, and the 10th to 12th centuries saw considerable growth and development in native Korean styles, including the production of a number of colossal Buddhist images. Buddhism and Buddhist sculpture flourished in the [[Goryeo]] Kingdom ([[918]]-[[1392]]), and came to be influenced by Tibeto-Mongolian styles in the 13th-14th centuries as the [[Mongols|Mongol]] [[Yuan Dynasty]] rose to dominance in China. |
Line 9: |
Line 10: |
| | | |
| {{stub}} | | {{stub}} |
| + | |
| + | ==See also== |
| + | *[[Buddhist sculpture]] |
| + | *[[Buddhist sculpture in China]] |
| + | *[[Buddhist sculpture in Ryukyu]] |
| | | |
| ==References== | | ==References== |
− | *Gallery labels, National Museum of Korea.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/48312383256/sizes/l] | + | *Gallery labels, National Museum of Korea.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/48312383256/sizes/l][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/48312405591/in/photostream/] |
| + | <references/> |
| | | |
| [[Category:Buddhism]] | | [[Category:Buddhism]] |
| [[Category:Art and Architecture]] | | [[Category:Art and Architecture]] |