Korean Art History Resources: Three Kingdoms and Earlier

(See also: Korea Resource Page)

Early Korea - Web Resources
Amsadong, Gochang, and Hwasun Neolithic sites. Mike Gunther
Ancient History of Korea. Northeast Asian History Foundation
Analysis of the Astronomical System of Constellations in Koguryo Tomb Murals. Kim Il-gwon
Art of the Silla Kingdom. Wikipedia
Buddhism in the Three Kingdoms. Wikipedia
The Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom. China.org
Goguryeo. Wikipedia
Goguryeo Tomb Murals. Koreana Magazine, Autumn, 2004
Goguryeo Tombs.Mike Gunther
Korea and Japan: the Origin of the Yamato Dynasty in the Japanese Islands. Wontack Hong
Korea's Prehistoric Past. Mythopedia
Northeast Asia's intra-mural mural wars. Asia Times, 2003
Prehistoric Korea. Wikipedia
Preservation of the Koguryo Kingdom Tombs. UNESCO
The Royal Tombs of Silla. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Shared Heritage Sites: The Mural Tombs of Gaogouli-Koguryo. China Heritage Quarterly, 2007
The Three Kingdoms Period. KoreanHistory.info
Three Kingdoms temples and tombs. Mike Gunther
Three Kingdoms of Korea. Wikipedia
Tomb Murals of the Four Guardian Deities from Gangseojungmyo. National Museum of Korea

Early Korea - Image Links (click inside)

1. before 300 AD

13,000 BP - 3500 BP	4th millennium BC	7c BC	n.d.	4c BC

3c-2c BC	1c-3c AD	2c-3c AD	n.d.

2. Goguryeo Tomb Paintings

Anak #3, 357	Anak #3	Muyong, mid 4c	Muyong

Tokhung-ri, 408	Sasinchong, 6c	Ohoe #5, 6c	Gangseo, 6/7c

3. Three Kingdoms - Pottery

5c	5c	n.d.	n.d.	5c-6c

5c-6c	5c-6c	5c-6c	5c-6c	501-523

4. Three Kingdoms - Gold crowns, metalwork, and ornaments

5c-6c	5c-6c	n.d.	5c-6c	5c-6c	5c-6c	n.d.

early 6c	6c	3c-7c

5. Three Kingdoms - Buddhist art

6c	mid-6c	late 6c	late 6c	1st half 7c	1st half 7c	mid-7c

[last updated: August 6, 2013]

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