Part 1. Histories and Challenges

Collection Histories and Case Studies: United Kingdom

1. Collecting Korean Art at the V&A, 1940 to 1995 20

Beth McKillop

2. Atmosphere and Surroundings: The Use of Architecture in Korean Exhibitions and Galleries at the British Museum 40

Sascha Priewe

3. The Collecting and Display of the Korean Collection at the National Museum of Scotland 66

Kevin McLoughlin

4. Displaying a Nation: Representations of Korean Art in the United Kingdom 90

Charlotte Horlyck and Sascha Priewe

Collection Histories and Case Studies: United States

5. The History of the Korean Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 118

Jane Portal

6. A Bridge to Understanding: Avery Brundage and Korean Art at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco 140

Hyonjeong Kim Han

7. Ahead of the Curve, but Under the Radar: Collecting and Exhibiting Korean Art at the Newark Museum 154

Katherine Anne Paul

8. Early Collecting of Korean Art: The Honolulu Museum of Art 182

Shawn Eichman

C O N T E N T S

Introduction 1

Jason Steuber

Keynote Address Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going: Korean Art History and Museums 6

Youngna Kim

Part 2. Perspectives

Reception of Korean Art in an International Setting

9. Early U.S. Encounters with Korean Civilization 200

Hyunsoo Woo

10. Korea’s Joseon-Dynasty Buddhist Sculptures in American Museums 218

Unsok Song

11. The Reception of Goryeo Buddhist Paintings in Premodern Japan 244

Seinosuke Ide

12. Goryeo Celadon and Its Reception in the West 258

Soyoung Lee

Critical Reappraisals

13. Maps of the World (Cheonhado) in Korean Atlases (Yeojido) of the Late Joseon Dynasty 286

Richard A . Pegg

14. Korean Art History and Ethnic Nationalism: The Cases of Jeong Seon and Kim Hongdo 304

Chin- Sung Chang

15. American Art Exhibitions and Their Reception in Korea during the 1950s 332

Moojeong Chung

16. Contemporary Korean Ceramics: Its Heritage and Advancement into the Twenty-First Century 348

Hyeyoung Cho

Bibliography 371

List of Contributors 389

Photograph Credits 394

Concordance 396

Simon Barnes- Sadler

Index 405