Buddhist Art in Korea The Buddhist art that is bone out of wedlock of religion and art is a unique art that the works produced are the subjects of aesthetic appreciation as well as the subjects of worship in deity. It comprehensively embraces all genres including architecture (Buddhist temple and pagoda), sculpture (Buddhist statue), painting (Buddhist painting), art craft (altar fittings) and calligraphy (Buddhist scripts). In Korea, Buddhism was introduced during the Three Kingdom era and it was the beginning of the Buddhist art. All three countries of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla developed art with Buddhism. In this period, the stone pagoda and stone Buddha had been made prevalently with granite with outstanding art works such as Bangasayusang and others. During the Unified Silla Dynasty, the cultures of Three Kingdoms were integrated and developed the international art through the exchange of neighboring countries. The works had appropriate bodily proportion with the realistic dimension in well realized Buddhist sculptures. The Unified Silla stone pagoda form was completed, which had been handed down as the representative pagoda works in Korea. In Goryeo Era, there were many great works in Buddhist painting and other works, and the metal craft works also developed to have the popular skills for inscription. In addition, the 80,000 Tripitaka Koreana that was completed during the wars against northern Chinese invaders and Mongolians had its value recognized that it was registered as one of the UNESCO world heritages in December 1995. Through the Buddhism of 1,600 years, the aesthetic sentiment of Korea has been with the bright and magnificent cultural heritage in Buddhist art. Buddhist Art Craft Works The Buddhist craft works were the tools used in ordinary living in temples or various Buddhist ceremonies and they were divided into the ceremonial tools used in various Buddhist ceremonies, the offering tools used in offering rituals, and ornament tools used in decorating the temple. Geumgangjeo and geumgangryeon that were used in the ceremony to gather the public within the Buddhist temple were the frequently used ceremonial tools. The tool to contain the incense to offer before the Buddha statue and the incense burners were the most representative offering tools that they were splendidly made with gold or silver coating during the Goryeo Dynasty. The ornament tools were various tools used in glorifying the temple that there were miniature pagoda, shrine in temple, Cheongae, Bodang and others.