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Knowledge in trompe-l'œil. Korea, 18th–20th century
Culture · Saturday, October 10 · 10:00 · Paris
Musée Guimet, 6, place d'Iéna
Free
A fascinating dive into a trompe-l’œil art in Korea, mingling scholarly libraries and dreamlike realms! Royal, scholarly, or museum-like, libraries remain treasures of knowledge and escape. At the end of the 18th century in Korea, in the Joseon Kingdom, King Jeongjo (r. 1776–1800) finds in contemplating a library painting a way to stay symbolically surrounded by his books: a trompe-l’œil extending the spirit of the study, stimulating virtue, curiosity, and learned conversation. Jeongjo then entrusts the painters of the Royal Academy…
