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The museum was built by a North Korean company Mansudae Art Studio with the participation of the APSARA Authority. [1] The construction of the museum began in 2011, the Mansudae studio designed the structure, in which the studio consulted a committee of government officials from Cambodia. [2]
The museum is operated jointly by APSARA and Mansudae. About half of 40 staff members are from North Korea. About half of 40 staff members are from North Korea. Unlike the earlier Mansudae's projects abroad, this time North Korea is attempting to make money by complementary sales of tickets and art.
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"The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art" is the first major museum survey to examine art produced during a huge cultural transformation in Korea.
Apsara, Devi Jagadambi temple at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh, India. The most ancient descriptions of apsara portray them as "water nymph"-like beings. [16] The Rigveda tells of an apsara who is the wife of Gandharva; however, the Rigveda also seems to allow for the existence of more than one apsara. [14] The only apsara specifically named is ...
This art form represents the apogee of Korean Confucian art. Korean fabric arts have a long history, and include Korean embroidery used in costumes and screenwork; Korean knots as best represented in the work of Choe Eun-sun, used in costumes and as wall-decorations; and lesser known weaving skills as indicated below in rarer arts.
The Bell of King Seongdeok (Korean: 성덕대왕신종) is a large bronze bell, the largest extant bell in Korea. The full Korean name means "Sacred (or Divine) Bell of King Seongdeok the Great." It was also known as the Emille Bell ( 에밀레종 ), after a legend about its casting , and as the Bell of Bongdeoksa Temple , where it was first ...
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA; [2] Korean: 국립현대미술관; Hanja: 國立現代美術館) is a contemporary art museum with four branches in Gwacheon, Deoksugung, Seoul and Cheongju. The museum was first established in 1969 as the only national art museum in the country accommodating modern and ...