This article aims to examine the features of humor which is generally prevalent in the life and art of our race, and look into how the humorous beauty shows in the genre paintings in the late Joseon Dynasty period which are called the most Korean and racial style of painting in our picture history. ...
This article aims to examine the features of humor which is generally prevalent in the life and art of our race, and look into how the humorous beauty shows in the genre paintings in the late Joseon Dynasty period which are called the most Korean and racial style of painting in our picture history. The society of the late Joseon Dynasty period when the genre painting was popular was in the process of feudal society being dissolved and of preparing for the modern age. In this period, Joseon society generally underwent important changes. For example, as new rich people appeared thanks to increased agricultural productive power and development of commerce/industry, changes in status structure occurred. Such changes were reflected in an academical idea, and caused a practical science idea which focuses on ourselves and surroundings and people(民) becomes the subject. Under the influence of such a practical science idea, the consciousness of the common people developed through self-awareness, and they appeared a new artistic class which enjoys and is enjoying culture suitable to its tastes. In addition, practical science made painters in those days have a new viewpoint of painting, so that they sought the materials of painting in their actual life and represented their daily life in pictures including obscene ones which pictured the love between men and women. Koran art created under this background contains the humorous emotion of the Koreans who are frank and optimistic. Such a humorous spirit of the Koreans is related to the disposition of attempting to cope with their difficult reality with enjoyment and a smile, represented in a frank type on the basis of comprehension of and affection for the reality not in an offensive type in which absurdity and unreasonable reality at those times is positively rejected. In original, humor has inherent features that do not reveal hostility at all in opposition to a subject, but covers the subject with love and sympathy. Such humor is well showed in the genre paintings in the late Joseon Dynasty period. Kim Hong-do and Kim Deuk-sin, using the shape of daily life of the common people as a material, represented lively and humorously the atmosphere of the site. Kim Hong-do sublimated the joys and sorrows of the populace by expressing scenes that farmers and handicraftsmen work and playing scenes in the pleasing and lively atmosphere. Kim Deuk-sin also caught things that may occur in the daily life and made lively representation with wit and humor. Like this, the genre painting, which pictured the life of the populace, is characterized by the fact that the expression and posture, and the emotion and psychological state of characters are expressed brightly and humorously. In obscene pictures and spring sentiments, Sin Yun-bok, under the background of a city, represented love between men and women or entertainment of prodigals and official dancing girls and the manner and customs of Gisaeng's house and Gisaeng in secret humor. Such expression shows social tendency in those times when luxury and entertainment was prevalent. But the reason that he pictured such a riotous scene but his pictures are humorously felt seems to be because that he expressed the internal emotion of characters frankly and simply. In Sin Yun-bok's pictures, as in Kim Hong-do and Kim Deuk-sin's works, can feel the emotion and psychological state in the expression, posture and sight of characters, which would be secret and sneaky emotion·psychology smelling from relation between men and women rather than pleasant and exciting emotion indicated in the life of the common people. Like this, the humor indicated in the genre painting in the late Joseon Dynasty period, above all, can be said to be based on the nature of the humanism focused on positive humanity of humor and moderation underlying the nature of the Koreans.
This article aims to examine the features of humor which is generally prevalent in the life and art of our race, and look into how the humorous beauty shows in the genre paintings in the late Joseon Dynasty period which are called the most Korean and racial style of painting in our picture history. The society of the late Joseon Dynasty period when the genre painting was popular was in the process of feudal society being dissolved and of preparing for the modern age. In this period, Joseon society generally underwent important changes. For example, as new rich people appeared thanks to increased agricultural productive power and development of commerce/industry, changes in status structure occurred. Such changes were reflected in an academical idea, and caused a practical science idea which focuses on ourselves and surroundings and people(民) becomes the subject. Under the influence of such a practical science idea, the consciousness of the common people developed through self-awareness, and they appeared a new artistic class which enjoys and is enjoying culture suitable to its tastes. In addition, practical science made painters in those days have a new viewpoint of painting, so that they sought the materials of painting in their actual life and represented their daily life in pictures including obscene ones which pictured the love between men and women. Koran art created under this background contains the humorous emotion of the Koreans who are frank and optimistic. Such a humorous spirit of the Koreans is related to the disposition of attempting to cope with their difficult reality with enjoyment and a smile, represented in a frank type on the basis of comprehension of and affection for the reality not in an offensive type in which absurdity and unreasonable reality at those times is positively rejected. In original, humor has inherent features that do not reveal hostility at all in opposition to a subject, but covers the subject with love and sympathy. Such humor is well showed in the genre paintings in the late Joseon Dynasty period. Kim Hong-do and Kim Deuk-sin, using the shape of daily life of the common people as a material, represented lively and humorously the atmosphere of the site. Kim Hong-do sublimated the joys and sorrows of the populace by expressing scenes that farmers and handicraftsmen work and playing scenes in the pleasing and lively atmosphere. Kim Deuk-sin also caught things that may occur in the daily life and made lively representation with wit and humor. Like this, the genre painting, which pictured the life of the populace, is characterized by the fact that the expression and posture, and the emotion and psychological state of characters are expressed brightly and humorously. In obscene pictures and spring sentiments, Sin Yun-bok, under the background of a city, represented love between men and women or entertainment of prodigals and official dancing girls and the manner and customs of Gisaeng's house and Gisaeng in secret humor. Such expression shows social tendency in those times when luxury and entertainment was prevalent. But the reason that he pictured such a riotous scene but his pictures are humorously felt seems to be because that he expressed the internal emotion of characters frankly and simply. In Sin Yun-bok's pictures, as in Kim Hong-do and Kim Deuk-sin's works, can feel the emotion and psychological state in the expression, posture and sight of characters, which would be secret and sneaky emotion·psychology smelling from relation between men and women rather than pleasant and exciting emotion indicated in the life of the common people. Like this, the humor indicated in the genre painting in the late Joseon Dynasty period, above all, can be said to be based on the nature of the humanism focused on positive humanity of humor and moderation underlying the nature of the Koreans.
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