Korean Dreams: Paintings & Screens of the Joseon Dynasty is an art‑historical survey of Joseon‑era painting, focusing on the refined aesthetics, symbolism, and courtly traditions that shaped Korean visual culture from the 14th to early 20th centuries. The book highlights folding screens, ink paintings, and decorative works that reveal the dynasty’s ideals—Confucian order, scholarly virtue, harmony with nature, and the quiet elegance of everyday objects. It showcases genres such as chaekgeori (bookshelf paintings), minhwa (folk painting), landscape art, and court screens, presenting Joseon art as both deeply formal and richly imaginative.