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| The Online Gallery
of Korean Arts and Handicrafts |
Antique
Alive presents exquisite works of art created by illustrious Korean master
artists
who are revitalizing Asian artistic traditions, which have been bequeathed
through the generations for millennia.
Korean artisans have made distinguished aesthetic achievements in Asian
traditional art by demonstrating a demure, natural beauty with the least
artificiality
within elegant, graceful forms. Antique Alive provides a rare opportunity
for visitors
to appreciate the magnificence of these historical and cultural artifacts
reborn for modern living spaces and lifestyles.
Begin a breathtaking journey into the past with Antique Alive,
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As the artisan’s hand firmly grips the indu, which
dances over the surface of the bamboo, deer begin
to run and vines bear gorgeous grapes in subtly
rising fogs. A beautiful landscape is created on a
piece of bamboo, much like an ink painting drawn
by a master painter. Nakjuk, which literally means,
“burning on bamboo,” is a traditional Korean art in
which an artist produces a calligraphic work or a
drawing on the surface of a piece of bamboo with a
red-hot burning instrument, called an indu. The art
is used to decorate a plethora of... more |
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This unique
traditional Korean halfmoon-shaped comb with
loosely arranged teeth is called an Eollaebit and was used for
arranging hair before styling. It was given a bamboo-joint shape
and an exquisite pyrography design, adding beautiful panache
to
the traditional comb...
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| Today's Korean Traditional Music |
Korean traditional music quoted as “the sound that baptizes your soul” is distinguished from other Asian or Western music by its unique tempo distribution, warm and soft tone color, calm and meditative character, and spontaneous creativity in folk music.
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| Essays
on Korean Arts and Handicrafts |
These
essays provide resources and in-depth information about Korean Handicrafts
and arts,
including historical backgrounds and details of techniques and designs,
as well as
the poignant life stories of the master artists. |
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