Books and Scholars’ Accoutrements
First produced around the second half of the eighteenth century, chaekgado (literally, “pictures of bookshelves”) flourished throughout the 1800s as a royal emblem. And soon this pictorial genre became a popular furnishing item for aristocrats' elegant studies. The third panel from the right bears a hidden seal that reveals the artist: Yi Taek-gyun, a prominent court artist active in the late 1800s.
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Details
- Date
- late 1800s
- Dimensions
- overall: height 1.975 m, width 3.95 m; each panel: height 1.975 m, width 0.395 m; open and extended: height 1.975 m, width 2.97 m; painting only: height 1.393 m, width 3.308 m
- Department
- Korean Art
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- cleveland-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Group of Objects Both · 99%
The title and catalog description identify a chaekgado, while the image visibly presents a structured collection of books, vessels, flowers, and scholarly implements.
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Still Life Visual · 90%
The image presents an arranged display of inanimate objects rather than figures or a narrative scene, with books and furnishings occupying shelf compartments.
Visual Qualities
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Geometric Visual · 97%
Repeated rectangular shelves, vertical panel divisions, horizontal book stacks, and right-angled framing dominate the composition.
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Dense Composition Visual · 92%
The painted upper and central areas are densely populated with many books and small objects, despite the relatively open dark lower field.
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Emphasis on Linear Perspective Visual · 88%
Angled shelf sides and receding compartment planes create a pronounced illusion of spatial depth within the frontal screen format.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 94%
The image contains fine outlines, patterned bindings, ornamental vessel details, floral motifs, and numerous small accessories.
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Patterns Visual · 86%
Decorative motifs and repeated patterned surfaces are visible on book covers, vessels, boxes, and other objects.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 99%
The museum classifies the work as a painting and identifies its medium as ink and color on silk.
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Screen Format Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the object as a ten-panel folding screen, and the image visibly shows a sequence of articulated vertical panels.
Time Periods
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Late 19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The museum dates the work to the late 1800s, with a recorded date range of 1875–1899.
Geographic Regions
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Asian Art Metadata · 99%
The museum records the work as originating in Korea during the Joseon dynasty; the catalog provides Asian Art as the applicable regional category.
Source & rights
Yi Taek-gyun (Korean, 1808–after 1883). Books and Scholars’ Accoutrements. Cleveland Museum of Art.
High-resolution sources
- Original TIFF ↗ 11,838 × 6,670 · Cleveland Museum Of Art · Available