Taenghwa
''T'aenghwa'' (Hangul: 탱화, translation: "hanging-painting"; alternate: Hwaom ''zhenghua'') is a characteristic type of Korean Buddhist visual art. A genre of Buddhist art, the paintings of icons can be on hanging scrolls, or framed pictures, or wall-paintings. ''T'aenghwa'' may be small, private and made for indoor display, or large and made for outdoor display. The craft is considered an extension of an earlier tradition of mural painting. There are no manuals that describe ''t'aenghwa'' painting, instead, the tradition preserves its models through paper stencils. Though most of the Koryo era ''t'aenghwa'' are held in Japanese collections, museums in Berlin, Boston, and Cologne carry some as well. History The ''t'aenghwa'' tradition evolved from the Buddhist heritage that came to the Korean Peninsula during the Three Kingdoms period. The earliest paintings to survive date back to the late 13th century, late Koryo dynasty. The early korean buddhist painting followed the nor ...
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