Hanbok

Hanbok
Author: Samuel Songhoon Lee
Publisher: Seoul Selection
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2015-12-17
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1624120563

Hanbok embodies many of the social and aesthetic values of the Korean people. In accordance with the emphasis on social harmony found in Confucian philosophy, the choice of hanbok varied depending on one’s position in society. Its beautifully flowing lines and harmonious color schemes are important aesthetic values found in Korean art. Hanbok is increasingly emerging into the spotlight following the popularity of Korean television dramas, which are often set in the past, and also through efforts to promote hanbok on the global stage. Renowned fashion designers around the world have taken note of hanbok and have incorporated elements of hanbok into their own work. This book will examine the origins, history, and the unique characteristics of hanbok and its contemporary standing.

How to Draw South Korea’s Sights and Symbols

How to Draw South Korea’s Sights and Symbols
Author: Melody S. Mis
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2003-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781404227361

Presents step-by-step directions for drawing the national flag, a jindo dog, Korean Buddhist temples, and other sights and symbols of South Korea.

Introducing Korean Popular Culture

Introducing Korean Popular Culture
Author: Youna Kim
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2023-06-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000892263

This new textbook is a timely and interdisciplinary resource for students looking for an introduction to Korean popular culture, exploring the multifaceted meaning of Korean popular culture at micro and macro levels and the process of cultural production, representation, circulation and consumption in a global context. Drawing on perspectives from the humanities and social sciences, including media and communications, film studies, musicology, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, history and literature, this book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Korean popular culture and its historical underpinnings, changing roles and dynamic meanings in the present moment of the digital social media age. The book’s sections include: K-pop Music Popular Cinema Television Web Drama, Webtoon and Animation Digital Games and Esports Lifestyle Media, Fashion and Food Nation Branding An accessible, comprehensive and thought-provoking work, providing historical and contemporary contexts, key issues and debates, this textbook will appeal to students of and providers of courses on popular culture, media studies and Korean culture and society more broadly.

Dress History of Korea

Dress History of Korea
Author: Kyunghee Pyun
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2023-04-20
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1350143383

Bringing together a wealth of primary sources and with contributions from leading experts, Dress History of Korea presents the most recent approaches to the interpretation of dress and fashion of Korea. Through close analysis of visual, written, and material sources-some newly excavated or recently re-discovered in global museums-the book reveals how dress and adornment evolved from the period of state formation to the modern era. Authors with a range of academic and curatorial experience discuss the close relation of dress and adornments to the socio-political and cultural history of Korea and place the dress history of Korea within broader contexts in studies of fashion, material culture, museology, and costume design. As in other cultures, modern Korean fashion owes many of its styles to historic dress and this process of adaptation is explored within high fashion and popular culture contexts in ways that benefit historians, curators, and designers alike. With key materials newly available to global readers, Dress History of Korea is the indispensable guide to the study of Korean dress and fashion.

The Korea Collection

The Korea Collection
Author: Korean Culture and Information Service Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Publisher: 길잡이미디어
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2012-10-27
Genre:
ISBN: 8973755544

this book is a compilation of the cover story articles published in Korea Magazine from 2010 to 2011, offering a glimpse into Korea and Korean culture to foreign audiences.

China, Japan, Korea

China, Japan, Korea
Author: Ju Brown
Publisher: Ju Brown
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2006
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1419648934

This book takes an unprecedented comparative approach in examining East Asia. Part in-depth reference, part handy guidebook this manual serves both travelers and students of Mainland China, Japan, and South Korea. Blending detailed maps with history and contemporary cultural similarities and differences, this book provides the most up-to-date information on the pulse of East Asia.

Little Book of Seoul Style

Little Book of Seoul Style
Author: Dianne Pineda-Kim
Publisher: Welbeck
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2024-06-06
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1802797815

Fashion rules supreme in Korea with Seoul fast gaining its reputation as East Asia's leading style capital. From hanbok to hallyu, understated to experimental, and streetwear to high-end couture, Little Book of Seoul Style is a beautifully illustrated guide to the traditions, designers, subcultures and influencers that represent K-fashion on the global style stage.

New Clothes for New Year's Day

New Clothes for New Year's Day
Author: Hyun-Joo Bae
Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2007
Genre: Folklore
ISBN: 1933605294

Follow a young Korean girl as she dresses and prepares for the Lunar New Year.

My South Korea Photograph Memoir

My South Korea Photograph Memoir
Author: Daniel Nardini
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2021-04-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1664172521

For some Americans, when they think of the Republic of Korea (popularly called South Korea), they think of the Korean War fought so long ago. Many younger Americans, when they think of South Korea, think of K-pop, the big corporations Samsung, Hyundai, LG and Kia, and the cars these corporations have produced over the decades. But this is only one small aspect of a country with a rich history and culture few Americans know. Many Americans have not heard of, for example, the ancient City of Gyeongju with its surviving relics and monuments that were part of a once great kingdom. Then there is the Korean alphabet known as hangul, which was an invention to help facilitate all Koreans to be able to read and write in their language. My book is an exploration of some of these palaces, temples, churches and famous places in South Korea. More than that, my photographic memoir also looks at the things that make Korea what it is, and the dynamism behind the Korean people who have in their own way greatly contributed to our world.