Korean National Heritage Online

Extensive website about Korea's national heritage, with detailed descriptions, ground plans, photos, virtual tours, etc.: temple sites and other architectural monuments, museums, sculptures, ceramics, bronzes, goldsmith works, and much more. Publisher: Cultural Properties Administration. [en, ko]

23 September - 20 November 2005

Art from Ancient Korea

Museum of East Asian Art, Berlin. Historical Images of Tomb Murals from the Goguryeo Kingdom (37 BC-668 AD). [de, en]

Asian Historical Architecture

Photographic survey of Asia's architectural heritage with background information and virtual tours, published by Tim Ciccone, Abe Ahn, and team. [en]

The Association of Art History

Website of the AAH - a purely academic party contributing to the study of Korean, East Asian and European art history. Includes an introduction, information on members and membership, the journal The Study of Art History and the research data room of art history. [en]

Brief History of Korean Architecture

Text by Chang Sup Yoon: Ancient Architecture (Neolithic - 7th C.), United Silla (7th - 10th C.), Koryo (10th - 14th C.), Choson (14th - 19th C.), Palace Architecture of Ch'cagdok-kung. [en]

Click Korea: Access to Korean Arts & Culture

Web portal, published by the Korea Foundation, among others: artistic disciplines, religion, historical and cultural sites, venue information. [en]

Gyeongju National Museum

Main collection and research centre for the Silla culture (57 BC - 935 AD), for which Gyeongju was the capital. Artefacts from diverse archeological sites; more than 200 stone sculptures on the museum'as grounds, stupas, lanterns, pedestals, etc.. Address: 76, Inwang-dong, Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do. [en, ja, ko]

Images of Dissent. Transformations in Korean Minjung art

Essay by Frank Hoffmann, published in: Harvard Asia Pacific Review, vol. 1, no. 2 (Summer 1997), 44-49. Complete text and some images on the website. [en]

Korea. The Ancient Kingdoms

Text of the curator Dr. Jeong Lee-Kalisch for the exhibition at the Villa Hügel, Essen/Germany, 5 June - 17 October, 1999. Published by Asienhaus Essen. [de]

The Korean Art History Connection (KAHC)

Maintained by professors and students in the departments of history education and art history at Hong-Ik University, Seoul. Offers researchers who are interested in Korean art history information, bibliographies and special services. [en]

Korean Painting - Prehistory to the Late 19th Century

Article, including several images. Presented by Asia-art.net. [en]

Koreana Museum

Annotated bibliography of western language materials on Korea (up to 1960). Among others: Art, archaeology, architecture, Buddhism, ceramics. Website of ARTBANK, Seoul, specialized in rare and antiquarian books on Korea. [en]

National Museum of Korea

Korean cultural heritage, ancient art from Asia. In 1908, the art collection of the royal court of the Choson Dynasty (1392 - 1910) was turned into the seed collection of the present National Museum of Korea. 135 Seobinggo ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. [en, ja, ko, zh]

16 - 18 March 2001

The Past, Present and Future of Korean Art History, 2001

International conference, 16 - 18 March 2001. Hosted by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), supported by the Korea Foundation. Themes, among others: Buddhist art, secular painting, woodblock prints, calligraphy, decorative arts. [en]

World Heritage List for the Republic of Korea

Links to the respective Korean monuments at the UNESCO website. [en]