Taenghwa

Buddhist hanging scroll from Joseon, cc. between 1768 and 1833

T'aenghwa (Hangul: 탱화, translation: "hanging-painting";[1] alternate: Hwaom zhenghua)[2] is a characteristic type of Korean Buddhist visual art.[3] A genre of Buddhist art, the paintings of icons can be on hanging scrolls, or framed pictures, or wall-paintings.[1] T'aenghwa may be small, private and made for indoor display, or large and made for outdoor display.[4] The craft is considered an extension of an earlier tradition of mural painting. There are no manuals that describe t'aenghwa painting, instead, the tradition preserves its models through paper stencils.[5] Though most of the Koryo era t'aenghwa are held in Japanese collections, museums in Berlin, Boston, and Cologne carry some as well.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Sorensen, Henrik Hjort (1989). The iconography of Korean Buddhist painting. BRILL. pp. 1–3. ISBN 978-90-04-08940-2. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  2. ^ Wong, Dorothy (2007). "The Huayan/Kegon/Hwaŏm Paintings in East Asia" (PDF). Reflecting Mirrors: Perspectives on Huayan Buddhism. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. virginia.edu. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  3. ^ Ars decorativa. Vol. 16–18. Népművelési Propaganda Iroda. 1997. p. 145.
  4. ^ "Review/Art; What an Old Scroll Tells About Buddhism in Korea". The New York Times. May 10, 1991. p. 2. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  5. ^ Sorensen, Henrik H. "The T'aenghwa Tradition in Korean Buddhism". buddhapia.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2010.