19세기 풍속화와 우키요에에 나타난 인물상 분석

Abstract

Figure has been used as a topic of painting since the prehistoric ages. Since the late 17th century, it’s been treated as the independent topic of painting. In Joseon and Tokugawa from the 17th to 19th centuries, a social class system changed, and people’s self-consciousness strengthened because of economic growth. With the establishment of a human-centered society and concentration on commoners’ lifestyle, a commoner became a subject of painting. While genre painting developed into the most typical Korean painting escaping from the conventional historical painting and documentary painting, Ukiyo-e which depicted the elements of commoners’ entertainment culture grew into the most popular painting in Japan. This study covers the figures in Joseon’s genre painting and Japan’s Ukiyo-e in which social phenomena were formed during the similar period. In the 19th century, commoners’ consciousness increased with the development of urban culture after economic growth. Commoners with various occupations appeared, and unique figures were painted in genre paintings and Ukiyo-e. These paintings are meaningful because they describe a country’s unique culture and aesthetic consciousness. Therefore, the comparative analysis on the figures paintings of the two countries in the 19th century is valuable enough to examine the lifestyle, culture and aesthetic consciousness at the time and discover the patterns of modern consciousness.