Tags
Tab Item Content
Join Us!
Archives Meta
Photo exhibition sh...
 
Notifications
Clear all

Photo exhibition shows Koreans of 100 years ago

20 Posts
1 Users
0 Likes
3,028 Views
FaceValue
Posts: 20
Topic starter
(@facevalue)
Eminent Member
Joined: 5 years ago

The photo exhibition “In Rossetti’s Eyes 1902-1903” takes place at the Seoul Museum of History from April 26 through July 1. Photograph below shows an official operates a machine at the Seoul Central Telegraph Office.
[img] [/img]
The curious will soon get a chance to glimpse into the past and see for his or herself what it was like in Korea over 100 years ago.
The Italian Embassy in Korea will hold a photo exhibition of an Italian diplomat’s experience in Korea at the turn of the last century.

Some 200 photographs taken by the Italian Consul to Korea Carlo Rossetti in 1902 and 1903 will be on display, as well as several original documents from the diplomatic archives of Italy and Korea, such as maps of Korea and Asia and items that belonged to Rossetti, including the camera he used.

“La Seoul di Rossetti 1902-1903” (In Rossetti’s Eyes 1902-1903) will be open to the public from April 26 through July 1 at the Seoul Museum of History.
[img] [/img]

After establishing official diplomatic relations with Korea in 1884, Italy opened a consulate in Seoul. In 1902, Lieutenant Carlo Rossetti of the Italian Royal Navy was posted in Seoul in charge of Italy’s diplomatic mission from November 1902 to May 1903. He was Italy’s second consul to Korea.

Rossetti’s accounts provide “us with some of the most powerful evidence of the well structured statehood reached by Korea. This exhibition will therefore contribute to a better knowledge of the Korean society of the time, especially form a visual point of view. It also aims to celebrate the long lasting friendship and cooperation that has bound Italy and Korea since the second half of the 19th century,” said Lucio Izzo, director of the Italian Cultural Institute.

[img] [/img]

Rossetti proved to be a very deep and careful observer of Korean society, collecting information and studying the geography, economy, culture and traditions of Korea, described in those days as the “Hermit Kingdom.”

His photos depict ordinary people and daily life in Seoul. The photos were taken by Rossetti himself.

Once he got back to Italy, in 1904, Rossetti held two lectures and published in two books: one book out of the letters he had written from Korea and a second book on his experiences in Seoul.

Rossetti’s work was the first and most extensive documentation produced in the West about Korea at the time and it remained so for many years, Izzo said.

Reply
19 Replies
FaceValue
Posts: 20
Topic starter
(@facevalue)
Eminent Member
Joined: 5 years ago

^ Most commoners in Joseon wore white clothes in everyday life unless they were engaging in special professions such as [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisaeng ]Kisaeng[/url].

[img] [/img]
[img] [/img]

Confucian scholars among the Yangban class also often wore white clothes called Shimui.

[img] [/img]

Reply
FaceValue
Posts: 20
Topic starter
(@facevalue)
Eminent Member
Joined: 5 years ago

[QUOTE=zoopiter;24748]interesting and precious pictures, but the provided pics are not so much for the ordinary people and daily life in seoul.

pictures of food, the market, people playing games and family life, would be what i would consider daily life of ordinary people, something that would be considerably difficult in those times, especially for foreigners. those provided by jindotgae probably comes closer to daily life of the ... yangbans, which is probably what we saw in kdrama/film like untold scandal and hwang jin-yi?

[img] [/img]
[img] [/img]
[img] [/img]
[img] [/img]
[img] [/img]
[img] [/img]
[img] [/img]
[img] [/img]
[img] [/img]
[img] [/img]

Here's a video of Seoul in 1901 or 1912.
[url]

Reply
FaceValue
Posts: 20
Topic starter
(@facevalue)
Eminent Member
Joined: 5 years ago

These guys look pretty nonchalant.
[img] [/img]

Some young dandy guy.
[img] [/img]

This picture was taken by Rosetti. It's been argued whether she's the queen or just a court lady.
[img] [/img]

The first streetcar was introduced in 1899 in Seoul.
[img] [/img]
[img] [/img]

Kyung-bok-gung palace before the damage.
[img] [/img]

[QUOTE=gaon;24399]These are beautiful. I like old traditional paintings.I will post some interesting paintings later. 😉

Reply
FaceValue
Posts: 20
Topic starter
(@facevalue)
Eminent Member
Joined: 5 years ago

This is a video of Seoul in 1901/1902. The Korean people's faces look quite dark in contrast to their white clothing. The white foreigners that show up are about a shade paler than the surrounding people. But some people (the dancing girls) look light at times. So the camera or lighting may have exaggerated some differences in shade.

Here's a video of Seoul in 1938, in color. You can see a wide range of skin tones here. Some people are dark tan or copper-colored. Some people (mainly women and children) have the normal beige skin tone or lighter skin.

Reply
Page 1 / 4