Special exhibit ‘Eligibility of a Masterpiece’ in commemoration of the 50th year anniversary of the YU Museum until December 21
Reveal over 50 artifacts including four treasures such as Gosanja Kim Jung-ho’s ‘Cheonggudo' (Treasure 1594-2)
Rare opportunity to see the works of Chusa Kim Jung-hee and Gyeomjae Jeong Sun together
[October 12, 2018]
Korea’s treasure 1594-2, the Cheonggudo will be unveiled to the public.
Cheonggudo is the work of Joseon’s most noted geography scholar Gosanja Kim Jung-ho. It is a colored manuscript produced in 1834 (34th year of the reign of King Sunjo) and it is a map of Korea comprised of two books (182 pages), maintained at the YU Central Library.
Cheonggudo is the largest of antique maps of the entire nation that exists to this day. Its scale is approximately 1:216,000. The entire size of Korea was produced over a massive area of 462 ㎝ horizontally and 870 ㎝ vertically. It was made as a book for convenient use and it is assessed to have been produced more scientifically than previous maps. It was designated as a treasure on December 22, 2008.
<Gosanja Kim Jung-ho’s Cheonggudo (left) and Chusa Kim Jung-hee’s ‘Danyeonjukrosiok’ (right)>
Cheonggudo will be available for viewing at the special exhibit ‘Eligibility of a Masterpiece’ at the 50th year anniversary of the YU Museum. In this special exhibit, over 50 ‘masterpiece’, including four treasures, in the collection of YU will be available to see for visitors.
Visitors can also see the <grayish-blue-powdered celadon Sanggam-moran-mun prunus vase> (treasure no. 239, designated in 1963), <Daebuljeonyeoraemilinsujeungyouijebosal Manhaengsuneungeomgyeong 10 volumes and 3 books> (treasure no. 1939) designated as a treasure last year, and <Chojobon Daebanggwangbulhwaeomgyeong main copy volume 41> that is treasure number 1940, which are all the collection held at the YU Central Library.
Chusa Kim Jung-hee’s ‘Danyeonjukroshiok’ stands out among the pieces on display. This piece was written Chusa was between the age of 63 and 65 and it is assessed to show the true formative beauty of Chusa’s calligraphy. It is a rare opportunity to be able to not only see Danyeonjukroshiok, but four other pieces of Chusa, as well as three stamps that Chusa used. Another must-see piece at this exhibit is the work of Gyeomjae Jeong Sun, who is a master of painting scenic paintings. Visitors will be able to see the essence of realistic paintings of mountain and river scenery painted by painters from the Joseon Era.
<Dangyeongwanghu Muigugokdo>
In addition, visitors can also see three pieces of the ‘Muigugokdo’ (painting of the nine bends of Wuyi at Wuyishan in Fujian, China) in YU Museum’s collection. The <Dangyeongwanghu Muigugokdo> was first unveiled to the general public in 1996 and will be again opened to the public for the first time in 22 years. It was put on delay for exhibits to preserve the work, but it will once again be available for the public to see at this special exhibit.
YU Museum Curator Jung In-sung (Professor of Cultural Anthropology), who prepared for this special exhibit, said, “This will be a very rare exhibit where you can see the works of historical master painters such as Gosanja Kim Jung-ho, Chusa Kim Jung-hee and Gyeomjae Jeong Sun at one place,” while adding, “I hope that this exhibit will be an opportunity to expand the horizons for perceiving our proud cultural artifacts.”
This special exhibit that was opened at the special exhibit hall on the second floor of the YU Museum at 4:30 p.m. on the 11th will be opened until December 21. Opening hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and the museum will be closed on weekends and holidays. For details, please check the YU Museum homepage (http://museum.yu.ac.kr/).
