Korea reading list
Below is a selection of recommended titles covering a range of more general reading about Korea.
Adams, Edward B., Korean Folk Art and Craft. (Catalogue of Onyang Folk Museum Collection). Seoul: Seoul International Publishing House, 1983
Choi, Sunu, 5000 Years of Korean Art. Seoul: Hyonam Publishing House, 1979
Chung, Yang-mo et al., Arts of Korea. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998
Ehwa Womans, Catalogue 17: Special Exhibition of One Hundred Selected University Museum Writing Materials. Seoul: Ehwa Womans University Museum, 1988
Kim, Chewon and Kim Won-yong, The Arts of Korea: Ceramics, Sculpture, Gold, Bronze and Lacquer. London: Thames and Hudson, 1966
Kim, Won-Yong, Art and Archaeology of Ancient Korea. Seoul: Taekwang Publishing Company, 1986.
Kyongju National, Kyongju National Museum. (Illustrated Catalogue). Seoul: Museum Tongchun Munhwasa, 1988
Lee Junghee, Azaleas and Golden Bell; Korean Art in the Collection of the Portland Art Museum and in Portland Private Collections. Portland: Portland Art Museum, 1998
McCune, Evelyn B., The Arts of Korea: An Illustrated History. Rutland and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1962
McCune, Evelyn B., The Inner Art: Korean Screens. Berkeley: Asia Humanities Press, 1983
McKillop, Beth, Korean Art and Design; The Samsung Gallery of Korean Art. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992
Moes, Robert, Auspicious Spirits: Korean Folk Paintings and Related Objects. (Exhibition Catalogue). Washington D.C.: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1983
Moes, Robert, Korean Art from the Brooklyn Museum Collection. New York: Universe Books, 1987
National Museum of Korea, National Museum of Korea. (Illustrated Catalogue). Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1991
Nelson, Sarah, The Archaeology of Korea. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993
Pak, Youngsook Koreanische Tage - Korean Days. (Exhibition Catalogue). Ingelheim am Rhein: Museum Altes Rathaus, 1984
Various, Koreana (Several articles)
Various, Korean Culture (Several articles)
Whitfield, Roderick et al, Treasures from Korea; Art Through 5000 Years. (Exhibition Catalogue). London: The British Museum, 1984
Whitfield, Roderick and Pak, Young-sook (ed), Korean Art Treasures. Seoul: Yekyong Publications Co., 1986
Wilkinson, Liz, Birds, Bats and Butterflies in Korean Art. Singapore: Sun Tree Publishing, 1996
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