TY - BOOK AU - Koehler,Robert TI - Korean Ceramics: The Beauty of Natural Forms T2 - Korea Essentials SN - 9781624120466 AV - NK4168.6.A1K574 2012 PY - 2013/// CY - Seoul PB - Seoul Selection KW - Electronic books N1 - No11_Ceramics_ebook -- cover_20141208 N2 - The most well-known Korean ceramics are the celadon of the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) and the white porcelain of the ensuing Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). [...] The celadons of Goryeo, their grace and color tinged with feminine beauty, symbolized an aristocratic Buddhist culture, while the white porcelains from the Joseon period are thought to typify the bureaucratic and scholarly Confucian society and were essentially masculine in tone, vigorous and orderly. [...] Korea's traditional ceramic wares serve as a barometer for understanding Korean culture in that they most accurately reflect Korean aesthetics and the Korean worldview UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bcsl-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4872425 ER -