A művészettörténet narratívái a felső-középiskolás művészetoktatásban Dél-Koreában az 1950-es évektől napjainkig
Narratives of art history in upper secondary school art education in South Korea from the 1950s to the present

Author(s): Beatrix Mecsi
Subject(s): Visual Arts, History of Art
Published by: Pécsi Tudományegyetem Művészeti Kar Művészettörténet Tanszék
Keywords: Korean art history; South Korean education; art textbooks; national identity; cultural narratives; colonial influence; historiography; Korean nationalism; curriculum studies; visual culture
Summary/Abstract: The study examines how narratives of Korean art history have been presented in South Korean upper secondary school art education from the 1950s to the present day. It analyzes art textbooks published between the 1950s and 2017 from linguistic, cultural-historical, and visual perspectives. The research focuses on how Korean art is described either as a unique national tradition or as a cultural bridge between China and Japan. The author investigates how political ideologies, nationalism, and changing educational curricula influenced the interpretation of Korean art history in textbooks. Early textbooks emphasized the artistic glory of the Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla periods, while later periods were often described as phases of decline. Over time, the artistic achievements of the Koryŏ and Chosŏn dynasties received more positive and balanced evaluations. The study also demonstrates how Japanese colonial scholarship strongly influenced early Korean art historical narratives and educational discourse. Later generations of Korean art historians gradually rejected these colonial interpretations and introduced more objective and internationally informed approaches. The article highlights the growing importance of cultural interactions, comparative perspectives, and less ideologically driven descriptions in recent textbooks. Finally, the research argues that the evolution of textbook narratives reflects broader transformations in Korean national identity, historiography, and cultural policy.

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