조각승 勝日과 勝日派의 造像 활동

Abstract

The Seungil School, one of the most important group of the monk sculptors in the mid 17th century, was a successor of the Hyeonjin․Cheongheon School in the early 17th century. The monk sculptors of the Seungil School played an active part in the area of north Gyeongsang province, although they worked in all over the country such as Gyeongsang, Gyeonggi, and Jeolla province. It consisted of master sculptor Seungil and his disciples such as Ilhun, Jagyu, Seongjo, Gyechan, Cheonhak, Cheoyeong, Dojam, Sameung, however only two of them, Seongjo and Sameung, created the statues as a master sculptor. Seungil might be born about 1600 and created the Buddha sculptures till 1670. If he started to make statues from his early 20s, he might make statues for 50 years. I divided the sculptures made by Seungil School off three stages of period by style. The 1st stage of the Seungil style was the mid 1640s. The sculptures made in this period were influenced by Cheongheon, the master sculptor of the Cheongheon School and his teacher. The statues of the 1st stage have long-narrow faces and shallow-depth bodies. The 2nd stage of the Seungil style was from late 1640s to mid 1650s. He complicated his typical style in this period. The statues had strong physique, nearly square face, angluar chin, and symmetrical folds of draperies between two legs. The 3rd stage was from late 1650s to 1670. The fold of draperies were similar to the statues of the 2nd stage, but the bodies and faces were thinner than those of the former stage.