Sinㆍgubeopcheonmundo Folding Screen

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2168

Category

Craft

Era

19세기 후반

Designated year

2022

Location

전주시, 전북특별자치도— 전라북도 전주시 완산구 쑥고개로 249 (효자동2가, 국립전주박물관)

Coordinates

35.816700, 127.099000Museum-based location

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The New and Old Methods Celestial Map Screen comprises a folding screen format artwork presenting traditional East Asian astronomical cartography paired with imported Western celestial maps. The composition utilizes eight decorative silk panels rendered in ink and color pigment throughout. The right-to-left arrangement presents the 'Cheongsang Yeolcha Bunya Do,' traditionally recognized as Korea's most representative traditional astronomical chart, across three panels on the right portion. Subsequently, the 'Hwangdo Nambeuk Yangchong Seongdo' documenting Western astronomical knowledge systems occupies four central panels, with the 'Sun, Moon, and Five Planets Diagram' completing the leftmost eighth panel. The composite title 'Shin Gu Beop Cheonmun Do' reflects this dual compositional arrangement. Production timing occurs during the 19th-century second half, determined by synthetic green pigment composition (yangrok) identifiable as Western-source synthetic compounds, indicating post-1740 Western introduction through Chinese intermediaries. The composition exemplifies East Asian traditional astronomical knowledge systems fused with Western scientific approaches. The traditional astronomical chart demonstrates sophisticated scientific, geometric, and mathematical principles embedded within its cartographic execution. The overall work reveals how Western astronomical knowledge, initially introduced during the 18th-century-late transitional period, synthesized with traditional systems throughout this compressed 19th-century era. The large-format silk scrollwork employs refined brushwork execution, diverse chromatic treatments, and gold-foil inscriptions, demonstrating scholarly artistic sophistication that transcends utilitarian cartographic function.

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