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Challenges Facing The Reunification Of Korea, Patricia Cazeau
Challenges Facing The Reunification Of Korea, Patricia Cazeau
Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue
After the Second World War, the once-unified northern and southern halves of the nation of Korea had been under immense external pressure from the American-Soviet Cold War. As a result, the northern side had sided with the Russian communists, while the southern side had leaned into the United States’ style of democracy over time. Despite multiple proposed ideas for unification, the increasing tensions between Russia and the United States discouraged reunification, despite the Cold War’s eventual end. Thus, various social, religious, economic, and military crises multiplied within each country’s borders. This paper will assess the challenges surrounding the reunification of …
Imagination And Reality: Landscape And The Folk Culture Of Joseon Dynasty Korea, Matthew Finley
Imagination And Reality: Landscape And The Folk Culture Of Joseon Dynasty Korea, Matthew Finley
Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium
The Five Peaks Screen of Korea’s Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) is one of the most iconic works of its time. Nevertheless, the remarkable visual impact and cultural significance of the Five Peaks Screen evades systematic scholarly study, partly because of its generic classification as folk art. In this paper, I will resituate the Five Peaks Screen in the artistic tradition of East Asian landscape painting. When considered in the context of literati painting traditions and relevant popular landscapes, it becomes clear that the design of the Five Peaks Screen coheres to traditional aesthetics to emphasize the ability of artwork to inform …