선운사 대웅보전 三身三世佛形 毘盧遮那 三佛壁畵의 연구

Abstract

First, there is no mention of the identity of the images in the inscriptions on the wall except that it is the 'Samchukjonsang(三軸尊像),' however, as is written in the document related to the Buddha sculpture, the images are the trikaya comprising Vairocana in the center, Bhaisajvaguru on the left and Amitabha on the right. They can, thus, be referred to as the Vairocana Trikaya in the form of three bodies and three time periods(三身三世佛形). Second, this Vairocana Main Platform Painting is one of the only two extant examples in Korea along with the Amitabha Main Platform Painting of the Amitabha Hall of Muwisa Temple. Also, it is the only example as the three-panel Main Platform Painting, thus, its significance in the history of Buddhist arts is tremendous. Third, the main Buddha image is rendered as large as to cover the entire wall with the eight Bodhisattvas flanking Buddha on either side, four on each side. The images show unique characteristics with slender bodies, high foreheads, oval shaped faces, and pale greenish colors. Fourth, the wall painting was done in 1840, however, it shows artistic perfection as a work of painting, the forms and brushwork energetic and fluent, and the greenish coloring fresh and sensitive, placing the work as one of the highest level Buddhist paintings in Korea.Fifth, the artists who created the Main Platform Painting are found out to be the priest-painters including master painters Wondamnaewon(圓潭乃圓) and Ikchan(益贊) who belong to one of the leading priest-painter schools active in the Jeolla province.