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Deeply researched and written in a scholarly but engaging style, the book breaks new ground in Korean art history, counteracting the dominant role of the yangban in earlier studies. Kim's book is a welcome addition to recent monographs and exhibition catalogues on Korean art history. * Choice *

Deeply researched and written in a scholarly but engaging style, the book breaks new ground in Korean art history, counteracting the dominant role of the yangban in earlier studies. Kim's book is a welcome addition to recent monographs and exhibition catalogues on Korean art history. * Choice * Richly detailed, comprehensively resourced, and meticulously researched . . . call[s] into question existing narratives on Choson painting by reading artworks in consideration of their collective agency and their roles in negotiating values, taste, and status at a critical historical juncture. [Flowering Plums and Curio Cabinets] will hence contribute significantly to the literature and ultimately enrich scholarly discussion of early modernity in East Asia. * Journal of Asian Studies * [C]omprehensive analyses of the late Choson dynasty...Kim's Flowering Plums and Curio Cabinets boldly presents the academic possibility that the artworks and cultural objects of late Choson Korea can be examined through visual and cultural studies. * European Journal of Korean Studies * Kim's scholarship makes an important addition to understandings of late Choso n arts and culture and is a must-read volume for students and researchers alike. * Asian Affairs: An American Review *

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Sunglim Kim is associate professor of art history at Dartmouth College.

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