Party By The Lotus Pond
Shin Yun Bok is one of Korean’s most well knowing artists from the Joseon period through out the history. There are not many relic or remain that has information about the man himself. The details about the life of Shin Yoon Bok are sketchy. Many of his paintings commonly depict and represent every day life of people, especially the rich. Shin Yun Bok’s famous masterpieces called, the Cheong Geum Sang Ryeon (Resounding Geomungo, Praiseworthy Lotus) and Miindo best represents and depicts Shin’s artistic styles and belief. The Cheong Geum Sang Ryeon is a masterpiecce a painting of novel men flirting with women by the lotus pond. In this painting, Shin used lines, shapes, and colors to portrait the emotions and movement of the figures.
Shin Yun Bok was born in 1758 into a jungin, middle class family. His father, Shin Han Pyeong was a painter who worked at the Dohwaseo, the Royal Bureau of Painting. Shin Yun Bok follows his father’s footsteps by entering to the Dohwaseo; however he was expelled for producing a highly erotic painting. He was student of Kim Hong Do (also known as Danwon) who is also the famous painter during 18 centuries. Later on, Kim Hong Do becomes Shin Yun Bok’s river. The two painters influenced and pushed one another to become greater artist.
Shin Yun Bok’s works were very notable and striking at that time. The l8 century was an upheaval period. Korea started to trade with Japan and China. The government embezzled money from the poor and they had sexual relationship with female entertainers or prostitute, gisaengs. Gisaeng were the trendsetters of the period. Not only they used their beauty to amuse man, they also used it to get secret information from government. The Shin Yun Bok portr...
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...ainting’s overall features are rendered with a fresh color, refined brush, and beautiful as if woman draw this painting. These different characteristics of the painting show the artist’s effort to depict the figures and environment realistically. Moreover, the painting describes the life style of the Choson dynasty containing the social phenomenon directly; even sexuality that is banning from the social custom.
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Party by the Lotus pond
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