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Bands of patterned colour on wooden building members.
Also known as: Korean architectural painting, Temple beam painting, Coloured bands on a wooden beam, Dancheong painting
Dancheong is the painted decoration on Korean wooden architecture, and it began as preservation rather than ornament: the pigments and their binders protect timber from insects and weather. The patterns and the five-colour scheme came afterwards.
Denotes the polychrome decorative painting applied to Korean wooden temple and palace architecture.
Contexts: History
Originated as protection for the timber against decay and insect damage, the decorative function developing from a practical one.
Contexts: History
Uses the obangsaek five-colour scheme, which assigns colours to directions and elements, so the palette is systematic rather than chosen.
Contexts: History
Repeating bands of geometric and floral pattern in strong blue, red, yellow, white and black, painted along the exposed rafters, brackets and beams of a wooden building.