An ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom : the J.B. Bernadou Korean collection, 1884-1885

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Title

An ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom : the J.B. Bernadou Korean collection, 1884-1885

Author

Houchins, Chang-su Cho

Edition

1st ed.

Published

Washington, D.C. : Asian Cultural History Program, Smithsonian Institution, 2004

Language

English

ISBN

0972455736

Notes

Ceramics -- Textiles -- Clothing and accessories -- Household furniture, utensils, and accessories -- Writing implements -- Paintings, woodcut prints, and drawings -- Printed books, manuscripts, and maps -- Miscellany In 1884, Smithsonian Secretary Spencer Baird appointed J.B. Bernadou, a naval officer, to gather a collection of material culture from the Hermit Kingdom, which had been closed to outsiders until 1882. Baird gave Bernadou the official title of "Smithsonian Attache" to the American Legation. Richly illustrated with beautiful color photographs, An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom will interest art-, social-, and diplomatic-historians; anthropologists; linguists; students of Korean culture; and all those who appreciate the aesthetic quality of these objects, and the stories they tell. This ethnographic catalogue of historic Korean objects includes chapters that cover a wide range of pre-industrial material and intellectual resources (including ceramics, textiles, furniture, paintings, manuscripts and maps) that illustrate Korean life styles, values, philosophy, and aesthetics

Subjects

• Antiquities
• Art -- Private collections