South Korea

=== Art ===
{{Main|Korean art}}

[[File:청화백자진사채복숭아연적.jpg|upright|thumb|A blue and white porcelain peach-shaped water dropper from the Joseon dynasty in the 18th century]]

[[File:Chaekgeori, Samsung Museum of Art.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Chaekgeori]] Joseon dynasty in the 18th century]]

Korean art has been highly influenced by [[Korean Buddhism|Buddhism]] and [[Korean Confucianism|Confucianism]], which can be seen in the many traditional paintings, sculptures, ceramics and the performing arts.<ref>[http://www.asia-art.net/korean_paint.html Korean painting] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730065004/http://www.asia-art.net/korean_paint.html |date=30 July 2010 }}, Asia Art</ref> [[Korean pottery and porcelain]], such as Joseon's ''[[Joseon white porcelain|baekja]]'' and [[buncheong]], and [[Goryeo]]'s [[celadon]] are well known throughout the world.<ref>[http://www.armkor.com/korea-info3.htm Korean Pottery and Celadon], Asian Relocation Management Korea</ref> The [[Korean tea ceremony]], ''[[pansori]]'', ''[[talchum]],'' and ''[[buchaechum]]'' are also notable Korean performing arts.

Post-war modern Korean art started to flourish in the 1960s and 1970s, when South Korean artists took interest in geometrical shapes and intangible subjects. Establishing a harmony between [[man and nature]] was also a favorite of this time. Because of social instability, social issues appeared as main subjects in the 1980s. Art was influenced by various international events and exhibits in Korea, which brought more diversity.<ref>[http://www.apexart.org/conference/lee.htm Contemporary Korean Art in 1990s] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911001355/https://apexart.org/conference/lee.htm |date=11 September 2018 }}, apexart, 1999</ref> The [[Olympic Park, Seoul|Olympic Sculpture Garden]] in 1988, the transposition of the 1993 edition of the [[Whitney Biennial]] to Seoul,<ref>{{in lang|ko}} [http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20100326020003 Whitney Biennal to come to Seoul again], ''Seoul News'', 26 March 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.</ref> the creation of the [[Gwangju Biennale]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gb.or.kr/?mid=main_eng |title=Gwangju Biennale |publisher=Gwangju Biennale |access-date=29 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710205915/http://gb.or.kr/?mid=main_eng |archive-date=10 July 2010}}</ref> and the Korean Pavilion at the [[Venice Biennale]] in 1995<ref>[http://www.korean-pavilion.or.kr/07pavilion/kpEN.html Korean Pavilion] {{Webarchive|url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160516133140/http://www.korean-pavilion.or.kr/07pavilion/kpEN.html |date=16 May 2016 }}, La Biennale di Venezia.</ref> were notable events.