책소개
For 2,000 years, from the Three Kingdoms period to now, Koreans have been creating Buddhist sculptures and statues. With a variety of pictures to accompany a text that spans the entire history of these timeless relics in Korea, this is truly a one of a kind book for art enthusiasts or those just interested in Buddhism.
저자소개
LENA KIM
Professor Lena Kim majored in History at Seoul National University, and studied Art History at the Graduate School of Harvard University and received her Ph.D. in 1972. A Professor of Korean Art and Buddhist Art at Hongik University, in Seoul, she has since retired, as of February 2007. Today, she actively participates in a variety of art history-related projects, along with serving as a member of the Advisory Committee of Cultural Properties Administration and ICOMOS-Korea.
Professor Kim has written several books and a number of articles, on the comparative analysis of Korea s Buddhist sculptures, in Korean and Japanese as well as English.