Baekje smile
A smiling bangasayusang from Silla or Baekje
Korean name
Hangul 백제인의 미소 Hanja 百濟人의 微笑 Revised Romanization Baekjeinŭi miso McCune-Reischauer Paekcheinŭi miso

The Baekje smile is a term art historians use to refer to the common smile motif found in Baekje sculpture and bas-relief. The Bangasayusang, or Geumdong Mireuk Bosal Bangasayusang (literally Gilt-Bronze Maitreya Bodhisattva Half-sitting Thinking Statue is a gilt-bronze statue of what is believed Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language Romanization system in South Korea. McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language Romanization systems along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which Baekje (18 BCE – 660 CE or Paekche, was a kingdom located in southwest Korea Baekje figures express a unique smile that has been described as both enigmatic and subtle. The smile has been also been characterized in many different ways from "genuinely glowing" to "thin and mild" to "unfathomable and benevolent. " [1]. [2]. [3].

Of all the Three Kingdoms, Baekje art was stylistically the most realistic and technically sophisticated. The Three Kingdoms of Korea ( refer to the ancient Korean kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula While Goguryeo sculpture was highly rigid and Silla sculpture was formalized, Baekje sculpture exhibited distinct characteristics of warmth, softness, and used relaxed poses. Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, southern Manchuria, and Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. [4]. Sometimes, the Baekje style has been attributed to influence from the southern Chinese dynasties. [5]. However, the most remarkable feature of Baekje sculpture is the distinctive Baekje smile. [6]. The smile gives the Baekje statues a sense of friendliness and an air of pleasantness that is rarely found in other traditions of Buddhist sculpture. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices The smile is considered to be unique and distinctive. [7].

See also

• Archaic smile
• List of Korea-related topics
• Baekje
• Korean art

External links

• [8] Britannica
• Cultural Development of the Three Kingdoms
• 9th Century Korean Bronze Buddha Shakyamuni
• Meditating Bodhisattva – Musée National Des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet
• The Three Kingdoms Period of Korea – ROK embassy to the US
• Korean Influence on Japanese Culture

The Archaic smile was used by Greek Archaic sculptors especially in the second quarter of the sixth century BCE This is a list of articles on Korea -related people places things and concepts Baekje (18 BCE – 660 CE or Paekche, was a kingdom located in southwest Korea Korean art is Art originating or practiced in Korea or by Korean artists from ancient times to today

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