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Korean Art History and Traditions - South Korea Online Arts and Crafts Store |
Traditional Asian antique, arts and crafts, artworks by
modern master Korean artists famous for celadon porcelain,
white pottery, mother of pearl from the
Korean antiques gallery. Korean online shop of Antique Alive
offers Hanji paper craft as
paper lamps, traditional music, unique home decor accessories. |
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Antique
Alive presents exquisite works of art created by illustrious Korean master
artists
who are revitalizing Asian artistic traditions, which have been bequeathed
through the generations for millennia.
Korean artisans have made distinguished aesthetic achievements in Asian
traditional art by demonstrating a demure, natural beauty with the least
artificiality
within elegant, graceful forms. Antique Alive provides a rare opportunity
for visitors
to appreciate the magnificence of these historical and cultural artifacts
reborn for modern living spaces and lifestyles.
Begin a breathtaking journey into the past with Antique Alive,
and bring the beauty of yesterday into your home today! |
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All his life he plows fields under a heavy yoke for
men, carries burdens on his back until it bleeds,
becomes exhausted from his toil for the world, and
then when his time comes he is sacrificed to feed
those whom he loves with his flesh and blood.
When a butcher’s knife is stuck into his throat, he
lets out his last cry, “Aaaahh!” My fellow people!
Do you know what that means? It means,
“Ho! I made it!” A great Korean writer once gave this
eulogy for an ox by comparing the great beast’s life
with that of a saint. In Korea, the ox... more |
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Three-tiered
Cabinet
Inlaid with
Yellow Ox-horn Design |
This
marvelous three-tired cabinet
is created by ox-horn inlaying
techniques solely developed in
Korea. The paper-thin ox-horn
pieces, brilliantly painted on the
reverse side with diverse
auspicious animals and plants
discernible through to the
foreground, were inlayed onto the
surface of this cabinet to create a
vivid three-dimensional...more |
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| Today's
K-Classical |
| K-Classical (Korean
traditional music), the mother of K-Pop, is distinguished from other Asian or
Western music by its unique tempo distribution,
warm and soft tone color, calm and meditative character,
and spontaneous creativity and cheerful mood in folk music.
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| Korea is a country renowned for its rich cultural and aesthetic beauty borne from its noble history dating back 5,000 years. Come visit Korea and begin a fantastic journey into the
cultural traditions of the past today! |
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Today's Work of Art |
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Today's Gift Idea |
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| Visit our store and discover naturally beautiful Korean handicrafts created from traditions lasting millennia! |
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Antique Alive has the largest and most diverse collection of mother of pearl artistic creations in the world. Korean lacquerware inlaid with mother of pearl is renowned across the globe for possessing both the iridescent color of the abalone shell and its unique inlaying techniques, creating extraordinarily splendid and exquisite mother of pearl designs. |
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These
essays provide resources and in-depth information
about Korean Handicrafts and arts, including historical
backgrounds and details of techniques and designs,
as well as the poignant life stories of the master
artists.
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| Multilingual pages : Norsk, Svenska, Dansk, Suomi, العربية , 简体中文, 繁體中文, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, 日本語, Português, Русский, Español , Svenska |
Traditional Asian arts, antique and crafts, works of art by
master modern Korean artists renowned for Buddha statue,
jade sculpture, grass weaving from the
Korean antiques gallery. Korean online shop of Antique Alive
offers mulberry paper craft as
paper lamps, classical music, unique home decor accessories. |
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