Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; General Introduction to modern Korean ink-brush painting; PART I: The Symbolism of Popular Korean Oriental Pictures; 1 Calligraphy; 2 Four Gentlemen Pictures; 3 Flowers and Trees; 4 Landscapes; 5 Insects, Fish, Birds and Animals; 6 Mythical Animals; 7 Genre Paintings; 8 Immortals Old and New; 9 Beautiful Women; 10 Iconography; PART II: Dictionary of the Symbolism of Korean Literati Ink Brush Paintings; Bibliography; English Names of Artists in Part I; Index for Part I

About the Author

Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1931, Francis Mullany was ordained a priest with the Columban Fathers in 1955 and assigned to Korea, where he lived and worked until 1999, mostly as a parish priest in Cholla Province, the homeland of the Korean ink brush painting tradition. Subsequently, he returned to Columban Headquarters at Dalgan Park in Ireland. Throughout his time in Korea, Fr Mullany pursued his keen interest in Korean art and culture and in particular the symbolism in ink brush painting.