Sim Sa-jeong
Sim Sajeong (; 1707–1769), was a representative painter in the literati artist's style along with Jeong Seon in 18th Joseon period. He learned to paint from Jeong Seon, so he was influenced by his teacher. He was good at almost all genres of painting such as '' muninhwa'' (문인화, painting in the literati style), '' sansuhwa'' (산수화, landscape painting), '' yeongmohwa'' (영모화, animal-and-bird painting), '' inmulhwa'' (figure painting). File:Sim_Sajeong-Seonyudo-1764.jpg, File:Sim.Sajeong-bird-01.jpg, File:A Sewing Monk in the Mountain by Sim Sa-jeong, Full.jpg, See also *Korean painting *List of Korean painters *Korean art *Korean culture The traditional culture of Korea is the shared cultural and historical heritage of Korea before the division of Korea in 1945. Since the mid-20th century, Korea has been split between the North Korean and South Korean sovereign state, stat ... External links Brief biography and gallery(in Korean) 1707 birt ...
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Sim (Korean Name)
Shim is the surname of the following people * Andrew Shim (born 1983), American-born English actor * Meleana Shim (born 1991), American soccer midfielder * Serena Shim (1985–2014), American journalist of Lebanese descent * Shauna Shim (born 1979), American-born British actress See also * Shim (Korean surname) Shim or Sim () is a Korean surname. There are six Shim clans in Korea based in the regions of Cheongsong, Pungsan, Samcheok, Buyu, Uiryeong, and Jeonju. The biggest Shim clan is Cheongsong; they comprise about 85% of all those with the surname ...

Jeong Seon
Jeong Seon (; 1676 – 20 April 1759) was a Korean landscape painter, also known by the art names Gyeomjae and Nangok and courtesy name Wonbaek. His works include ink and oriental water paintings, such as ''Inwangjesaekdo'' (1751), ''Geumgang jeondo'' (1734), and ''Ingokjeongsa'' (1742), as well as numerous "true-view" landscape paintings on the subject of Korea and the history of its culture. He is counted among the most famous Korean painters. The landscape paintings that he produced reflect most of the geographical features of Korea. His style is realistic rather than abstract. Biography Jeong was born on 16 February 1676, in the Jongno District of Seoul, in the Cheongun-dong neighborhood. He was the eldest son of Jeong Si-ik (1638–1689), the descendant of an illustrious and gentry family that originally came from Gwangju. Soon in infancy, he was noted for his artistic talents and is said to have painted daily, with a prolific output until old age. But his family was so p ...
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Joseon Dynasty
Joseon ( ; ; also romanized as ''Chosun''), officially Great Joseon (), was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in July 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897. The kingdom was founded following the aftermath of the overthrow of Goryeo in what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul. The kingdom's northernmost borders were expanded to the natural boundaries at the rivers of Yalu River, Amnok and Tumen River, Tuman through the subjugation of the Jurchen people, Jurchens. During its 500-year duration, Joseon encouraged the entrenchment of Korean Confucianism, Confucian ideals and doctrines in Korean society. Neo-Confucianism was installed as the new state's ideology. Korean Buddhism, Buddhism was accordingly discouraged, and occasionally Buddhists faced persecution. Joseon consolidated its effective rule over the Korean peninsula and saw the he ...
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Shan Shui
''Shan shui'' (; pronounced ) refers to a style of traditional Chinese painting that involves or depicts scenery or natural landscapes, using a brush and ink rather than more conventional paints. Mountains, rivers and waterfalls are common subjects of ''shan shui'' paintings. History ''Shan shui'' painting first began to develop in the 5th century, in the Liu Song dynasty.''Textual Evidence for the Secular Arts of China in the Period from Liu Sung through Sui'' (1967) by Alexander Soper It was later characterized by a group of landscape painters such as Zhang Zeduan, most of them already famous, who produced large-scale landscape paintings. These landscape paintings usually centered on mountains. Mountains had long been seen as sacred places in China, which were viewed as the homes of immortals and thus, close to the heavens. Philosophical interest in nature, or in mystical connotations of naturalism, could also have contributed to the rise of landscape painting. The ...
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