서울 흥천사 비로자나삼신괘불도 도상 연구

Abstract

This is a study on the “Virozana Trikaya Banner Painting” at Heungcheon-sa temple created by a leading painter monk ‘Shinseon (愼善)’ in 1832. Not only is it a valuable banner painting that shows the iconography features of the new banner painting at this time, but also at this time, it is noted for showing the royal court's faith and court-sponsored Buddhist painting, especially the characteristics of the court-sponsored Buddhist painting by the decree. Thus, in Chapter 2, this study first looked into the background of the creation of “Virozana Trikaya Banner Painting” at Heungcheon-sa temple, and in Chapter 3, examined its iconography and style characteristics, and then in Chapter 4, through analysis of historical remarks, examined the art historic meaning of the court-sponsored Buddhist painting “Virozana Trikaya Banner Painting” at Heungcheon-sa temple in the late Joseon. In the results this study came to find some important significance in the Buddhist art history from the “Virozana Trikaya Banner Painting” at Heungcheon-sa temple. First, it is noted that as a representative banner painting in Seoul and Gyeonggi regions in the 19th century, as it inherits the iconography of Trikaya Banner Painting at Cheongryong-sa temple especially since the 17th century, it still shows an iconography format different from the previous period. That is to say, it could be understood that centered on the Virozana Buddha there are the Buddha-type Locana Buddha and the Buddha-type Shakyamuni Buddha, creating a unique and new iconography. Second, the exact year of creation and record of painter monks recorded in historical remarks are important reference points for a chronological order of Buddhist paintings in the Joseon era. As can be seen from historical remarks, it can be seen that it was a masterpiece of the time that was created by a group of 17 painter monks including Leading monk painter Shinseon (愼善), Uiyun (義玧), Hwangam (煥鑑), Dojing (道澄), and Chungun (忠雲), etc.. who paid great efforts to it.