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Brick with dragon, buildings, and landscape, detail. Korea, Unified Silla dynasty (676–935). Earthenware. © Gyeongju National Museum

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Once Upon a Roof: Vanished Korean Architecture

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These two essays address aspects of ancient Korean architecture that help contextualize the roof tiles featured in this exhibition.

Image of stone pillar bases of the West Image Hall, Mireuksa temple site. Korea, Japanese Occupation period, 1917.
BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE IN KOREA
KIM Bongryol, Korea National University of Arts


CHIMI: ROOF RIDGE ORNAMENTS OF THE THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD
KIM Dongha, Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage

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