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

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

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Author / Creator:	Houchins, Chang-su, author.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Asian Cultural History Program, Smithsonian Institution, 2004. ©2004
Description:	158 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Bernadou, John B. -- (John Baptiste), -- 1858-1908 -- Art collections -- Catalogs. Bernadou, John B. -- (John Baptiste), -- 1858-1908. National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). -- Asian Cultural History Program -- Catalogs. National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). -- Asian Cultural History Program. Arts, Korean -- Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910 -- Catalogs. Arts -- Private collections -- Washington (D.C.) -- Catalogs. Antiquities. Art -- Private collections. Arts -- Private collections. Korea -- Antiquities -- Catalogs. Korea. Washington (D.C.) Catalogs.
Format:	U.S. Federal Government Document Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10952948

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Varying Form of Title:	J.B. Bernadou Korean collection (1884-1885)
Other authors / contributors:	National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Asian Cultural History Program.
ISBN:	0972455736 9780972455732
Notes:	Introduction by Paul Michael Taylor. Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-143) and index.
Summary:	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.

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Call Number:	NX584.6.A1 H68 2004
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