Chosŏn style

Chosŏn style, Korean visual arts style characteristic of the Chosŏn dynasty (1392–1910). Chosŏn craftsmen and artisans, unable except occasionally to draw inspiration from imported Chinese art, relied on their own sense of beauty and perfection. Particularly in the decorative arts, the Chosŏn style showed a more spontaneous, indigenous aesthetic sense than the sophisticated aristocratic elegance of the Koryŏ (Goryeo) style of the preceding centuries. After 1592 many palaces and temples were built, most in the...