Cheonjisa Painting of the Lone Arhat, Uiryeong

The Dokseongtaeng (Painting of the Lone Arhat) at Cheonjisa Temple follows the typical late Joseon format for paintings of the Lone Arhat, combining a folk-painting-style landscape background with a scene of the arhat practising meditation. The arhat's stable posture, which fills the entire picture, and his gaze convey well the inner spiritual world of a practitioner. It is also notable that the otherwise monotonous composition is given a sense of life through the varied postures of a blue bird depicted within the scene. Although the painting was recently restored, its overall composition and structure are well formed, and its creative arrangement, which demonstrates the varied possibilities of Dokseongtaeng paintings, provides material for understanding a trend in late Joseon Buddhist painting.

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Region

Uiryeong, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료