- Overview
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An intriguing journey to meet 23 artists from 18 countries!
- Book Intro
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(Indonesian) Perjalanan keliling dunia demi mencari seniman nasional*.
Buku ini merupakan buku penjelasan tentang kesenian dari seluruh dunia oleh direktur museum SAVINA, Lee Myeongok, yang terkenal sebagai promotor ulung kesenian budaya dan kesenian Korea. Baginya pelukis nasional* adalah panggilan yang hanya ditujukan untuk mereka yang menafsirkan kembali citra zaman dengan perspektif yang dibawah karya itu sendiri dan nilainya tidak lekang dimakan waktu. *Di Korea ada istilah seniman nasional. Ini bukan seniman lokal tapi seniman yang diakui secara nasional atau di Indonesia kita menyebutnya maestro.
(English) An interesting journey to visit national artists around the world. Meeting the artists leads to experiencing the history, culture, and art of each country.
A Round-the-World Trip to Visit National Artists is a new book by Myung Ohk Lee, an eminent art curator and bestselling writer, as well as director of Korea’s Savina Museum. The book profiles “national artists” who are named as such only due to the unique understanding of their time and the presentation of timeless values in their works. Arts exist everywhere in the world, and meeting the top artists of a country means meeting the history and culture of that country.
In a new and unique concept of art tourism, the book introduces 23 artists from around the world, including Rembrandt and Van Gogh from the Netherlands, Albrecht Dürer from Germany, Edvard Munch from Norway, Gustav Klimt from Austria, Leonardo da Vinci from Italy, Frida Kahlo from Mexico, Rene Magritte from Belgium, and Nam June Paik from Korea. This helps readers to understand each country’s history and culture and highlights places that travelers like to visit. An educational book through which readers can learn other cultures through art.
- About the Author
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Lee Myungohk
(Indonesian) Selain sebagai penulis bestseller dan promotor ulung bidang kesenian dan kebudayaan Korea, saat ini penulis menjabat sebagai direktur dari museum seni SAVINA. Karya utamanya antra lain "Cerita matematika menarik dibalik karya seni ternama", "Kisah karya seni yang membangunkan sisi jenius manusia", "Femme Fatale", "CEO, pembaca lukisan", "Apakah kamu menyukai puisi?" dsb.
(English) Myung Ohk Lee, an eminent art curator and a bestselling writer, is director of Savina Museum.
She has published several books: Mystery of Math in Masterpieces (selected as a 2005 book of excellence by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism), Intriguing Science in Masterpieces (recipient of the 2006 Science Culture Award of Korea, and chosen as a 2006 science book of excellence by the Ministry of Science), Economics Hidden in Masterpieces (chosen as a 2007 recommended teenager book by KPEC (Korea Publishing Ethics Committee)), Creativity Inspired by Masterpieces (a 2005 recommended teenager book), Unknown Art, and Do You Like Poetry? (selected as a 2017 Sejong book by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism), among others.