Sujet

Ten-panel Folding Screen with Scenes of Filial Piety, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown.

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Ten-panel Folding Screen with Scenes of Filial Piety, 18th-19th century. The "Book of Filial Piety" is one of the ethical and moral texts associated with the Chinese sage Confucius (6th-5th century BC). "Truly if one is filial at home," wrote a 10th-century Korean king, "he will certainly be a loyal official for the state." A supplementary text describing twenty-four historical figures who honored their parents or elders in extraordinary ways later became popular in both China and Korea. This screen depicts seven of these twenty-four paragons and three others:

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM23B22_011

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Format disponible

35,1Mo (1,8Mo) / 42,0cm x 20,9cm / 4960 x 2474 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building people domestic Asian Asia family panel arts painting Korea art book continent museum color screen Korean location century household literature concept virtue example illustrated family life Colour 19th century ethics virtuous background people 18th century Eighteenth Century folding screen nineteenth century morality illustration building exterior ink object Unknown silk Confucius K'ung-fu-tzu Kung-fu-tzu Walters Art Museum Ink on silk Heritage Art Filial piety paragon 19th-century ink and colors on silk Book of Filial Piety ten panel