Old Korean Paintings

I think it's because of the fabric's toughness and how the skirt was tightened.

These are paintings of hostesses.
[img] [/img]

^ "Hwang Jin Yi" shows many costumes of that type. Costumes differ by social class, profession and period.
[img] [/img]

Those paintings of hostesses are from the 18th C. Here's another one from the early 19th C.
[img] [/img]

This one's from the mid 18th C.
석천한유도 / 石泉閒遊圖 (1748) by Kim Hee-gyeom (김희겸 / 金喜謙)
[img] [/img]

Upper class people put patterns in their clothes.
[img] [/img]

A jacket from the 18th C.
[img] [/img]

A jacket from the early 17th C.
[img] [/img]

Skirts from the 17th C.
[img] [/img]
[img] [/img]
[img] [/img]
[url= http://www.musenet.or.kr/E_Book/201105/scholarship.asp ]Link 1[/url]
[url= http://www.musenet.or.kr/E_Book/201104/scholarship.asp ]Link 2[/url]

There are quite a few versions of Hwang Jin Yi both in dramas and movies. I somehow like "Ha ji won" as Hwang Jin Yi best.

[img] [/img]

[img] [/img]

[img] [/img]

북관유적도첩 / 北關遺蹟圖帖 (17~18C) describes 8 military episodes in the province of Hamgyeong during the period from Goryeo Yejong (1105~1122) to Joseon Seonjo (1567~1608).

척경입비도 / 拓境立碑圖
[img] [/img]

야연사준도 / 夜宴射樽圖
[img] [/img]

야전부시도 / 夜戰賦詩圖
[img] [/img]

출기파적도 / 出奇破賊圖
[img] [/img]

등림영회도 / 登臨詠懷圖
[img] [/img]

일전해위도 / 一箭解圍圖
[img] [/img]

수책거적도 / 守柵拒敵圖
[img] [/img]

창의토왜도 / 倡義討倭圖
[img] [/img]

^ Most of them are battles against the Jurchens. General Yun Gwan, Kim Jong-seo, Shin Rip and Shin Suk-ju were some of the leaders: [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean%E2%80%93Jurchen_border_conflicts ]Korean-Jurchen border conflicts[/url]

Goryeo also fought wars with the Khitans (Liao): [url= http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Goryeo-Khitan_Wars ]Goryeo-Khitan Wars[/url]

General [url= http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Taejo_of_Joseon ]Yi Seong-gye[/url] (Taejo) gained power through his military career. He eventually overthrew Goryeo and founded Joseon in 1392. His portrait was redrawn in 1872.

[img] [/img]