The purpose of this study was to compare and analyze the content of 6 kinds of 1st-year middle-school art textbooks(grade 7) in order to examine how the idea of 7th Korean National Art Curriculum was actually realized and embodied in the content itself, and to suggest a guidance in developing art textbooks for grade 8 and 9, which will be chronologically followed by grade 7 in 2002 and 2003. This study would provide some suggestions for researches on textbooks and the process of the textbook development. The comparison was applied to six different kinds of middle-school art textbooks developed by six publishing companies which presented and had a national approval from the government. The study included 1) comparison of the unit by its titles, 2) the comparison of structure and organization of the content by 3 categories(' aesthetic experience', 'expression' and 'art appreciation'), 3) the comparison of artworks including pictures presented in the textbooks by students' vs. artists' works, traditional Korean(architecture, painting, sculpture, design & craft, etc.) vs, foreign works (artists , nationality and a number of artists in each nations), and 4) the comparison of the characteristics in content organization and structure. Since the 7th Korean National Art Curriculum was notified in 1997, middle-school art textbooks for grade 7 from several publishing companies were developed. Among those, six of them were chosen after the national authorization by the government(mostly Ministry of Education & Human Resources Department and KICE(Korea Institute of Curriculum & Evaluation). Finally authorized and approved version for grade 7 was completed and out this March, 2001 to middle schools. Textbooks for middle- and high-school will have been used for 5 years after they are released during the 7th Korean National Curriculum is in effect. Unlike primary-school ones, middle-school textbooks in Korea are developed by private publishing companies with authors in contra