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Korean Ceramics: The Beauty of Natural Forms (Korea Essentials) Paperback – November 30, 2013

by Robert Koehler (Author)
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The most well-known Korean ceramics are the celadon of the Goryeo Dynasty (918–1392) and the white porcelain of the ensuing Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910). The celadons of Goryeo, their grace and color tinged with feminine beauty, symbolize an artistocratic Buddhist culture, while the white porcelains from the Joseon are thought to typify a bureaucratic and scholarly Confucian society and are essentially masculine in tone, vigorous and orderly. Korea’s traditional ceramic wares serve as a barometer for understanding Korean culture in that they most accurately reflect Korean aesthetics and the Korean worldview.
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    Seoul Selection USA, Inc.
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    November 30, 2013
  5. Dimensions
    5 x 0.4 x 7 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    8997639072
  7. ISBN-13
    978-8997639076
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A native of Long Island, New York, Robert Koehler has lived in Korea since 1997. He works for Seoul-based publishing company Seoul Selection, where, among other things, he serves as editor-in-chief of the monthly travel magazine SEOUL. In addition to SEOUL SELECTION GUIDES: KOREA, he authored SEOUL SELECTION GUIDES: SEOUL, KOREAN CERAMICS: THE BEAUTY OF NATURAL FORMS, HANGEUL: KOREA'S UNIQUE ALPHABET and co-authored the walking tour guide SEOUL'S HISTORIC WALKS. Robert currently lives in Seoul's Itaewon neighborhood with his wife Solongo. When he's not writing or blogging, he can often be found traveling about the Korean countryside, photographing historic architecture.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Seoul Selection USA, Inc. (November 30, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 108 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8997639072
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8997639076
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.4 x 7 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Barbara Carmel
5.0 out of 5 stars Just right
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
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Just the perfect example of the jar
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Christopher Barclay
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very useful basic introduction to Korean ceramics
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2016
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This is a very useful basic introduction to Korean ceramics. It is clearly written, short and light. I carry it with me when I visit museums with collections of Korean ceramics, like the British Museum or V&A. I find that much more useful than having a longer, heavier book that I would have to read at home. The ceramics are wonderful but the collections are small and far more unfamiliar than Chinese or Japanese items,
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F. L. Chance
4.0 out of 5 stars Starts late but finishes well
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2018
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Book is a little bit on the small side, and generally leaves out the early history of Korean ceramics, beginning only in the Koryo period except for one or two examples. It does however cover contemporary Korean ceramic artists.
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Theo
3.0 out of 5 stars Better than nothing, but not what I was looking for
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2017
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Small book that reads like a bunch of travel magazine-style articles--which apparently is exactly what it is: a compilation of promotional articles. I was hoping for something more scholarly, with more and bigger photos.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Look Elsewhere
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2019
Two main problems with this little book (that has so much potential):
(1) Too cursory; one can look to wikipedia entries for more substantive and accurate information
(2) Bizarrely denigrates Chinese and Japanese ceramic traditions to bring up Korean ceramics: "Whereas the mainstream ceramics of China and Japan were decorated with abstract and fanciful designs or elaborate ornamentation, Korean ceramics featured a much more subtle means of expression"; the book is peppered with such claims that are so flatly un-nuanced and dishonest as to render this volume useless. Koehler does the public a disservice here.
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cartesian
5.0 out of 5 stars Moon stone
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2014
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Amazing especially the sections on contemporary Korean ceramics. I would wish I had the money to visit Korea and see the national museum for myself.
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Frenzied Gerbil
5.0 out of 5 stars Pottery introductions
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2017
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A good way into an initial understanding classical Korean ceramics
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A reader
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 16, 2018
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This tiny little book is not much better than a pamphlet - a rough guide for the dilettante written by someone with good general knowledge of Korea but who is definitely not an expert on Asian ceramics. A book of this type needs to be treated with the authority and respect that comes only from an expert. It needs to be much more comprehensive. Why? This subject interest collectors and the serious student of ceramics for whom the paucity of good literature in english is a problem. For anyone else, a book is not needed as there's enough general info on the web to satisfy the casually curious. The fact is there is a lot published on Korean ceramics in Korean but not much that is written in English so it is a disappointment that so little of this richness has made it to press in English and that this little rag got published.
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