General View of Inner Geumgang mid-19th century Sin Hak-gwon (artist name: Doam) This panoramic landscape of the interior section of Geumgang, or the Diamond Mountains, unfolds from right to left past rocky peaks, rolling hills, streams, and Buddhist temples. In it, forty-six well-known sites are identified by name. Sin Hak-gwon’s juxtaposition of the tree-covered hills in the foreground—delineated through washes and short strokes—and the jagged peaks in the background deliberately echoes the style of Jeong Seon (1676–1759), a painter renowned for his images of Geumgang whom Sin greatly admire

General View of Inner Geumgang mid-19th century Sin Hak-gwon (artist name: Doam) This panoramic landscape of the interior section of Geumgang, or the Diamond Mountains, unfolds from right to left past rocky peaks, rolling hills, streams, and Buddhist temples. In it, forty-six well-known sites are identified by name. Sin Hak-gwon’s juxtaposition of the tree-covered hills in the foreground—delineated through washes and short strokes—and the jagged peaks in the background deliberately echoes the style of Jeong Seon (1676–1759), a painter renowned for his images of Geumgang whom Sin greatly admired. The double outlines of spindly peaks, which give a slightly blurry impression, however, are Sin’s trademark. In the inscription, the artist notes that he “copied” a work by Jeong whose condition was deteriorating. Unable to make the pilgrimage to Geumgang himself, Sin used Jeong’s compositions, as did Jeong’s contemporaries, as substitutes for travel that either fueled or satisfied a longing for the famed General View of Inner Geumgang. Sin Hak-gwon (artist name: Doam) (Korean, 1785–1866). Korea. mid-19th century. Six sheets of paper mounted as a single panel; ink and light color on paper. Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Paintings

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