@article{ART003263096},
author={Su-Yeon Park},
title={The Inheritance of Joseon Literati Culture in Kim Yong-Jun’s Perception of Ceramics},
journal={The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art},
issn={1229-0246},
year={2025},
volume={76},
pages={82-103}
TY - JOUR
AU - Su-Yeon Park
TI - The Inheritance of Joseon Literati Culture in Kim Yong-Jun’s Perception of Ceramics
JO - The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
PY - 2025
VL - 76
IS - null
PB - 한국미학예술학회
SP - 82
EP - 103
SN - 1229-0246
AB - This paper explores the ceramic perception of painter and critic Kim Yong-jun, focusing on his engagement with Joseon literati culture. Influenced by his close friend, the writer Lee Tae-jun, and driven by his broader pursuit of “Koreanness,” Kim collected and experienced Joseon ceramics not merely as antiques but as a medium through which literati values were embodied. His essays, social networks, travel records to Bunwon kilns, and cover illustrations for the literary magazine Munjang reveal how ceramics were integrated into his artistic and intellectual practice. Kim favored scholar’s utensils, landscape motifs, and designs such as orchids or fish that were cherished by literati circles. In his travels to Bunwon, he interpreted ceramic landscape decorations in relation to the aesthetics of “true-view” painting and travel literature, while in collaborative writings with Lee Tae-jun he reenacted literati cultural enjoyment. His ceramic perception differed from contemporary Japanese Orientalist discourses, reflecting instead a national identity based on the autonomous reinterpretation of Korean art. Unlike Yanagi Muneyoshi’s producer-centered Mingei theory, Kim’s literati-oriented perspective was inherited by art professionals around the National Museum after liberation and contributed to discourses that bridged tradition and modernity. This study highlights his role in shaping modern Korean ceramic and art history.
KW - Bunwon (Royal Kiln);Ceramics;Kim Yong-jun;Literati Culture;Munjang (Literary Magazine);Orientalism
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Su-Yeon Park. (2025). The Inheritance of Joseon Literati Culture in Kim Yong-Jun’s Perception of Ceramics. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 76, 82-103.
Su-Yeon Park. 2025, "The Inheritance of Joseon Literati Culture in Kim Yong-Jun’s Perception of Ceramics", The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, vol.76, pp.82-103.
Su-Yeon Park "The Inheritance of Joseon Literati Culture in Kim Yong-Jun’s Perception of Ceramics" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 76 pp.82-103 (2025) : 82.
Su-Yeon Park. The Inheritance of Joseon Literati Culture in Kim Yong-Jun’s Perception of Ceramics. 2025; 76 82-103.
Su-Yeon Park. "The Inheritance of Joseon Literati Culture in Kim Yong-Jun’s Perception of Ceramics" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 76(2025) : 82-103.
Su-Yeon Park. The Inheritance of Joseon Literati Culture in Kim Yong-Jun’s Perception of Ceramics. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 76, 82-103.
Su-Yeon Park. The Inheritance of Joseon Literati Culture in Kim Yong-Jun’s Perception of Ceramics. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art. 2025; 76 82-103.
Su-Yeon Park. The Inheritance of Joseon Literati Culture in Kim Yong-Jun’s Perception of Ceramics. 2025; 76 82-103.
Su-Yeon Park. "The Inheritance of Joseon Literati Culture in Kim Yong-Jun’s Perception of Ceramics" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 76(2025) : 82-103.
