Saturday, October 04, 2008
RANDOM E BRITANNICA POST
COREA- kingdon of east asia, the greater part of which occupies a peninsula blah blah. history- Corea or Chosen, as called by natives appears !st in 1122 CB as affording asylum to viscount of Re, and since that period, it has been claimed an integral part of the chinese empire. neither at that time, nor centuries after, did it form political unity. various states as It wuy, shin-han, pih-tse + Sin-lo mentioned. in 1st blah blah 11th C king Kao-li/wang-kian, or wang the founder, united the penisula. the fall of the mongolian dynasty in china brought revolution to corea too.
in 1392 tsi-tsien founder of present dynasty. siong-siong 1506-1544 war w? japan 1597 invaded japan. 1615 peace w/japan. on ming's side when manchu dynasty took over + since iolation, except what ambassadors told them. in 1784, christian religion introduced. jesuit BS(french missionaries killed) 1866 uropeans expelled, american ships burned.
CORENZIO, BELISARIO- 1558-1643, a greek studied under tintoretto + then settled in naples. became famous for unscrupulous conduct as a man + rapid execution as an artist. tho careless in composition + mannerist, he possessed fertility of invention + readiness of hand (picasso!). when guido reni came in 1621 + painted a chapel, corenzio paid to have him killed, the assassin killed guido's assistant + reni left. C only temp imprisoned + became court painter. died at 85 from a fall from a scaffold.
no paintings seem to exist on the internets. only drawings.
