I think there were more but I can't think of every question. ^-^; She told us, interestingly enough, that there were only around 10 of them at the moment that have been found. When we went to the museum it was there:

She told us the box was made of Mother of Pearl - which of course I had no idea what that was. It is apparently found inside shells and it the shiny surface we see which is also on the outer side of pearls. If I could have gotten a better quality picture of it up close you would have been able to see the outstanding detail that covered the box made of lots of different materials including the mother of pearl and  copper wire  which ran all around the box. It was also a handmade item which quite probably and most likely took a long amount of time and patience to create. There would be no wonder as to why there are not many in existence in the first place. Being a box, I suppose it could be used for many different purposes and no one would really be able to tell what they were exactly used for apart from perhaps holding books and papers. 

I've never tried pottery, it looks difficult and I have seen a lot of out-takes from when a person stops spinning the pot and it just collapses. It makes me wonder so very much how people even make them to begin with and glaze them afterwards. This white piece was made in two parts and then put together when it was fired. I suppose I'm not even going to ask how they got one piece on top of the other without it falling to pieces but its done well, whilst being ever so slightly lop sided its still rather huge and interesting to look at. 

Moving on from the ceramics we now come to a folding screen with art on each of the panels of the screen itself. 

Part of the folding screen

These paintings were interesting, because, in my head I had been comparing them (and others which I will mention later on) to historical western style artists. An interesting point the lecturer mentioned was that he paintings were supposed to be viewed from different angles. Hence seeing some of them look a little strange from some angles.There were also some references in there which weren't the cleanest things of all to talk about, however it was because the screens were to be used by men anyway. 

Kim Hong-Do was the most interesting for me because I actually liked his style of art. This was one picture I took of the piece in which he depicts everyday life. He drew and painted common people which was different from other artists at the time. He also painted vast landscapes which I cannot disagree - are beautiful. Although I didn't see any in person, here is an example of the landscapes he drew which I found from research. 

In all, Kim Hong-Do was probably my favourite artist to look at this week and I was also informed about a Korean drama which is loosely about him and another artist Shin Yon Bok called Painter of the Wind. I may have a look at this drama and see what it's about.

The final piece we looked at was a Sarangbang. 사랑방  Which is something like living room ( I think ) - I over heard someone talking about it. 

This is what it looked like:

It seemed pretty awesome to be honest, with underfloor heating, common in traditional households in Korea anyway and a very homely and cosy feel to it. This kind of house does not have any beds but you would sleep in a kind of futon on the floor which you would set up and pack away each night and morning. The paper on the windows to keep cold air out made of their writing / calligraphy paper which is textured. 

Although you can't see much from that angle I took another picture from the side which hopefully demonstrates what the rooms look like more:

In this image the partitions are open and we can see into all the rooms which appear separate from the front. In the traditional house the partitions can be open or closed for a more private space which seems convenient as you aren't conformed to follow the rules of concrete walls. xD