Arts of Korea celebrates historical Korean art through 100 works from
the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The MFA has one of
the finest collections of Korean art outside of East Asia, with
particularly superb holdings of high-quality stoneware and lacquerware
of the Koryo and Yi dynasties, Bronze Age funerary objects and Buddhist
paintings and sculptures. Many of the objects in this book were
originally intended for everyday use and tell a story not only about the
people who used or collected these boxes, mirrors, jars, tiles and
trays, but also about the people who made them. Set to coincide with the
MFA's long-awaited Korean Gallery renovation, this is an affordable yet
unique addition to any Asian art library, with essays that offer an
ideal introduction to the history of Korean art.