老子의 道 개념과 동아시아 회화미학의 정립

Abstract

Laozi’s thought which consists of a figurative form can be explained from the perspective of philosophical thought as well as aesthetic thought. In this paper it is evident the available ground that Laozi’s the most important philosophy concepts “Dao” can be defined by East Asian aesthetics concept. Laozi’s Dao as an axiological concept is the aesthetic concept, especially, it can imply the opportunity which explain East Asian painting aesthetics. The logistic of negative language of the Chapter 1 of Laozi can be understood as a pictorial with visibility and invisibility. It can be understood that we can see Laozi’s “Being” concept and also cannot see “non-Being” concept. At that time, the logical Dao communicate with existence of painting which is formed phantom level. More substantially, the concept of Dao can be held and generated a painting. Laozi’s Dao belongs to the basic element of conversation, Obverse scheme of all things (道生萬物) of Laozi’s theory has something in common with point-line-plane theory in painting. As the definition in the ontological implications of the conversation, the Dao of Laozi as a fundamental types of produced things can imply a special punctual concatenation. According to punctual concatenation, the concept of Dao is conceptualized as aesthetic totalities in the aesthetic dimension. When combine a nature of painting and concept of Dao, it is communicate with pictorial realism. Painterly Realism in Asian traditional painting pursuit is to express the uniqueness and the nature of things. The nature and peculiarity communicate with aesthetic totalities. Therefore, the pursuit of realism in the East Asian traditional painting can express the Dao. Laozi’s Dao matrix a realism in the East Asian traditional painting.