조선 후기 모란도에 나타난 상징성과 회화성에 관한 조형 분석 - 형태와 색채를 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify original form and colors for Korean aesthetics through conducting a formative analysis of peony paintings which were hugely popular and developed in the late Joseon period, and quantitatively measure colors in peony paintings which bear Korean image and turn them into data. The study covered peony paintings showing popular aesthetics from the 19th to the early 20th century, during which such paintings were produced and developed most actively. The form analysis as the study method was analyzed qualitatively. In limiting subjectivity, images in the literature were compared with the author’s appreciation of the artworks based on the picturesque formative theory depending on the peony style paintings in the late Joseon period. For color analysis, the author identified colors from common people’s views based on colors quantitatively measured from peony paintings, turned them into data, and suggested that it is necessary and possible to modernize peony paintings in today’s world. The results showed that there were the modification, abstraction, exaggeration, simplification, design, and popularization of form in peony paintings in the late Joseon period; symbolic colors from painted objects expressed common people’s aesthetics, highlighting the ideal(abstract) expression of colors. More notably, some artworks expressed soft and diverse colors, unlike other peony paintings in the late Joseon period. This study holds significance as it identified form in peony paintings-which used to be dominated by symbolism-from a picturesque perspective and quantitatively turned them into data colors in peony paintings, which have been studied mostly conceptually. Furthermore, this study is expected to expand and utilize other studies in related fields in the future.