초·중등학교 미술교과서 내용구성에 관한 연구 : 불교조각을 중심으로

Abstract

It has been understood that an artistic style of the Buddhist sculpture undergoes changes according to the time and space. The evolution of artistic style of the Buddhist sculpture, however, depends upon the secular meanings. Each of the Buddhist gods is characterized by their own religious nature and iconography. In the sculptural representation, each god displays his own artistic style, i.e. the physical proportion, facial characteristic, massiveness of work, bodily movement, and depth of the carving, etc. The beauty of the Buddhist sculpture differs from the aesthetic point of the Western art. The Buddha image is characterized by massive body and bold treatment. The Bodhisattva images are shown with slander body and delicate treatment. The guardian Kings are usually represented with powerful movement and hard treatment. The aim of the present study is to bring out a fresh interpretation of the Buddhist sculpture, and put forward some thoughts on its educational use. The multi perspective way of seeing is necessary to read the Buddhist sculpture. The present paper tried to check over the descriptions of Korean Buddhist sculpture shown on the school textbook. There is a series of the Buddhist sculptures which is frequently shown on the art textbooks. Their descriptions are based on the Western classical beauty. Such subjective criticism fails to describe the artistic quality of the Buddhist sculpture. The multi perspective way of seeing is alternative criticism, and will provide better educational explanation.