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Knowledge in Trompe-l’œil: Korea, 18th–20th century
Culture · Monday, September 21 · 10:00 · Paris
Musée Guimet, 6, place d'Iéna
Free
A captivating journey into Korea’s trompe-l’œil art, between scholarly libraries and dreamlike realms. Whether in a royal, academic, or museum setting, the library remains a treasure of knowledge and escape. At the end of the 18th century in Korea’s Joseon Kingdom, King Jeongjo (r. 1776–1800) finds in gazing at a library painting a way to stay symbolically surrounded by his books: a trompe-l’œil that extends the spirit of the study, inspiring virtue, curiosity, and learned conversation. Jeongjo then entrusts the painters of the Royal Academy…
