005 Publishing a book again
Dedicated to the revised edition of 007
009 Prologue / Read Before You Read

1.
Author's Story
019 Choi Buk without eyes and Van Gogh without ears
026 The first love that made Gyeongseong cry in autumn
031 Perverse eroticism breeds the flu
036 Brancusi's Fat-Free Diet Piece
040 The inside and outside of the painting are filled with alcohol.
044 Pine branches blowing against the wall
048 The Lips and Teeth of Bekzinski and Dmochovsky
052 The annoying popularity management of popular star Mathieu
056 The scent of a woman lingering on the tips of your fingers
060 Elyon, who saw the inside of a cabbage at the age of eighty
064 The master is not afraid of imitation.
068 Wang Chong, a realist in a harsh era
072 Courbet's 'Half-Truth': Abandoning Dreams
078 Art that neither speaks nor listens
082 Nam June Paik's Bet Won the World
086 A Better Tomorrow by Jackson Pollock, the Western Painter
090 Tears of a Dreamy Peach Blossom Land with Lost Friendship
094 I was born to live, but now I'm going to die.
098 Exhibition Hall Turned into a Men's Brothel
101 The Home of the Heart Rediscovered
107 Dali's Show, Show, Show, Who Laughs at Feng Shui
110 Jasper Johns Enjoys Puzzle Games
114 The Red Devils of the Cruel Art World
119 A Strange Feast of Painters Who Have Abandoned Their Brushes
122 The goldsmith and wine merchant became painters.

2.
Story of the work
129 I would draw something like this too
133 A fierce dog of unknown nationality from the Jangjimun
136 A modern-day version of the Eupchammasok, a car with its feet tied
139 A painting by a genius who seems to have seen everything in the world
143 Is Muje 'Innocent'?
148 Drawing ghosts is not easy.
152 Stop drawing and start writing now
157 Tranquilizer or Pincushion?
161 I want to see it, I want to have it, I want to touch it
164 Peonies and Birds at Noon
168 A piece that shapes my heart
171 The naked body that surprised critics
174 An image you can't see even if you die and wake up
178 The artist's eye that captured wind and moisture
182 The Arrogant Emperor Who Ruined the Brush of a Genius
187 Don't curse the poppy's toothache
190 Close-up of the painting
197 The spring breeze turns orchids and people upside down.

3.
A Better Story of Ours
207 Korean Peninsula beauties that rival those of the continent
210 Joseon's stern winding around the waist
213 Emotions in Color I Colors of the Heart
217 Emotions in Color II Native Color Farmer
224 The sorrows of a traditional bakery
229 Portraits of nobles for displaying their status
232 White, black, dry, wet
235 Foreigners who are completely captivated by calligraphy

4.
Art Village Story
243 Frida Kahlo and Madonna
246 The Rules of Popular Culture I Giving and Receiving
252 Popular Culture II: Plagiarism and Quotation
260 Artistic Generosity, Giving Without Holding Back
263 A model who posed ninety times
267 Impressionist Japanese Love Songs
273 The Smell of Sunday Painter's Paints
277 How is the value of a painting determined?
282 Knowing the real thing is essential to knowing the fake.
286 A man who took it off and put it back on
290 It's expensive, so cut it in half and sell it.
293 People Who Dressed Up Art
296 Difference between nationality and state guest
299 The Maestro Who Did Not Return Home, Picasso
305 The Unreasonable Reasons of the Mangnani Kuns

5.
Appreciation story
311 A masterpiece chosen by my discerning eye
314 Bronze sculpture with a communist product label
318 If I like it, others will like it too
323 If you love, you will see
329 I was surprised whether it was a pot lid or a pot lid.
333 Experts Who Scratched Other People's Legs
336 Is art criticism also a habit?
340 Throw away half and take half
345 A Perspective on Fashion and History
351 The weakness called popularity
355 The High-Speed ​​Rush of Artistic Ideology
359 Paint with words, not with a brush
363 The Truth Thrown Away in the Trash
367 The Truth About Humanity Created with Paint

6.
And the story that barely remains
377 Drawing the Faces of the Powerful
380 Blue House training and writer's protest
384 Presidents' Calligraphy Competition
388 Famous Paintings Have Their Own Owners
393 Mona Lisa and Kim Il-sung
396 The Ridiculous Art Security Act
399 Censor-evading monkeys and abstractions
The Shame and Glory of the 403 Expo
406 A Nursing Home Mural That Moved Hearts
409 Is the sound of the mountain bird beautiful and meaningful?

413 Character Description

Son Cheol-ju's most gentle writing is when bones and blood reach reconciliation.
It is used, but bones and blood are originally difficult to harmonize.
This book is a record of that harmony and strife.
Kim Hoon (novelist)

A steady seller in art education that has been consistently loved for the past 20 years,
Guiding readers to the ‘story’ beyond the work
"You See as Much as You Know About Painting" Revised Edition 2017 Release

The steady seller of art textbooks, 『You See What You Know About Painting』, which has been consistently loved by readers since its publication in 1998, has been republished in a new form.
The artwork is supplemented with illustrations and presented in different decorations using a convenient plate format and design.
"You See as Much as You Know About Painting" guides readers into the vast world of painting through a "story" that moves between the inside and outside of the work, rather than a fragmentary "explanation."
This book, which was selected as one of the '100 Best Books of the 90s' by experts in 1999, encourages readers to consider the process through which the author's 'idea' was born as a 'work' and the 'twists and turns' the author went through to create the work, rather than the critic's commentary full of exclamations or difficult art theories.

How to understand a silent picture
See life in pictures

How can we understand a picture without words?
The author says that knowledge of the artist, the work, or the era in which the work was created allows one to see the meaning contained in the painting more clearly and diversely.
However, 『You See as Much as You Know About Painting』 is not a book for learning and mastering painting, but rather a record for those who want to play with it, so it is full of ‘stories from the fringes’ of the art world rather than ‘knowledge.’

The author tells the story of Van Gogh, who cut off his own ear after a seizure, and Choi Buk, who gouged out his own eye after a powerful man criticized his painting, saying, “I’d rather listen to a punk like you.” Through these stories, the author tells us that their paintings, which shake the soul with their dizzying colors and are free from any restraint, are imbued with a stubborn artistic spirit.
It also introduces the story of how Unbo Kim Ki-chang's Jeongcheong (Quiet Listening) came to be known, and the woodcut story of Kollwitz, who lost her child in the war and became an anti-war writer, filled with maternal love.
The stories of the writers and the stories behind their works make us realize that there is painting in life and life in painting.

The true joy of appreciating art
Share your pictures and stories

『You See as Much as You Know About Painting』 is a rare steady seller that conveys a new feeling every time you read it, even though it has been over 20 years since its first publication.
There are many people who want to know about painting.
However, there are not many art books that actually bring or embody the appreciation of art into daily life.
This is why, among the numerous art books, 『You See as Much as You Know About Painting』 stands out.
This book guides readers into the vast world of painting with a 'story' beyond the work, rather than a fragmentary 'explanation.'
Above all, it does not 'teach' the readers how to draw.
I also encourage you to view paintings as objects to be ‘understood’ rather than ‘viewed’, and help you to share stories and communicate with the paintings.
It is even more enjoyable to be able to experience Son Cheol-ju's unique beauty of writing that poignantly deals with art and human life.
His sentences are lively and fun to read once, and the second time you read them, you ponder the hidden meaning within them, and the third time you read them, they are deeply moving.