Earth Fire Soul (Paperback)

Foreword 5

ESSAYS
BRIEF HISTORY OF KOREAN CERAMICS 8
KOREAN CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS 20

1. ANCIENT CULTURE AND POTTERY
VESSELS FOR DAILY LIFE 29
GRAVE GOODS 36
NEW BURIAL PRACTICE: CREMATION 46
Theme 1 POTTERY FIGURINES 50
Theme 2 SCULPTED POTTERY VESSELS 52

2. ELEGANCE IN COLOR AND FORM: GORYEO CELADON
COLOR OF JADE, BRILLIANCE OF CRYSTAL 58
Theme 1 INCREASING FIRING TEMPERATURES: MOVING TOWARDS PORCELAIN 59
FORMS FROM NATURE: FIGURATIVE CELADON VESSELS 72
DESIGNS REPRESENTING WISHES AND ASPIRATIONS 80
Theme 2 UNIQUE INNOVATION OF INLAID CELADON 81
PRIZED POSSESSION OF THE ARISTOCRACY 90

3. MODERATION AND LIBERATION: BUNCHEONG WARE
NEW ERA, BUT FAMILIAR CERAMICS 111
EMBODIMENT OF FREEDOM AND INNOVATION 120
JOSEON INLAID WHITE PORCELAIN, SUCCESSOR TO GORYEO WHITE WARE 139

4. PROPRIETY AND DIGNITY: WHITE PORCELAIN
PROPRIETY AND DIGNITY OF THE ROYAL COURT 147
Theme 1 MOON JAR: SYMBOL OF ABUNDANCE AND ENJOYMENT 170
BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAIN: PAINTING ON WHITE PORCELAIN 173
Theme 2 AESTHETIC APPRECIATION: STATIONERY ITEMS IN THE SARANGBANG 186
AUSPICIOUS WISHES IN WHITE PORCELAIN 191
Theme 3 ABSTRACT MOTIFS IN BROWN, AUSPICIOUS MOTIFS IN RED 196
FOOD CULTURE AND DAILY LIFE IN JOSEON 200
ROYAL CERAMICS OF THE LATE JOSEON PERIOD 204

5. BEYOND TRADITION: CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC ART 213
APPENDIXES
TIMELINE 230
KILNS IN GORYEO DYNASTY - CELADON 232
KILNS IN JOSEON DYNASTY - BUNCHEONG WARE 233
KILNS IN JOSEON DYNASTY - WHITE PORCELAIN 234
OFFICIAL KILNS IN GWANGJU, GYEONGGI-DO PROVINCE 235
LIST OF FIGURES 236