Artworks

Hall of Eternal Life (Muryangsu-jŏn), Pusŏk-sa

Artwork · Anonymous · 13th century · building · Buseoksa

One of the earliest wooden buildings surviving in Korea, at Buseoksa: tapered columns, three-tiered roof supports, a dual roof edge and an open, ceilingless hall that gives a sense of grandeur. 1 Portal 2000, p. 84, fig. 42. ↩ Literatur Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.