관음상 영험기와 통일신라시대 사실적 조각양식의 확립

Abstract

Along the beginning at the period of United Silla, the sculptural style turned to realism under the influence of Indian Gupta and Chinese Tang style. And interestingly, the tendency of narrative story about the miracle caused by Avalokitesvara bodhisattva was changed as the event was break out by not only bodhisattva but also bodhisattva statue itself at the same time. The previous time, the statues only functioned as an intermediate between the secular and the sacred. But it begun to change as the statues were almost same worth with the sacred existence. This essay tried to determine that both phenomenon of the visual stylistic change and narrative structural change were interlocked in close. It means that the both style and story are interdependent so the realistic style is the most optimized to express the living bodhisattva. Conversely, the conception of living bodhisattva promoted to receive a new realistic style actively. For this research, the story about Avalokitesvara Statue of Jungsaeng-sa (衆生寺) temple in the document of Legend of Three kingdoms is good example that what was the very image of sacred living bodhisattva statue in the period of United Silla. Especially, it is interesting that this image was regarded as the style of Jang Sengyao (張僧繇) who was famous painter as have a good command of Rou (肉), which may mean a kind of realistic expression. In conclusion, this essay assumes that a receive of new visual fashion is caused by not only just a cultural interchange but also a need to applicate to the new social or religious conception.