大芚山 妙蓮庵 목조관음보살상과 조각승 교류를 통해 본 無染 작풍 연구

Abstract

This study is serious research on the style of Muyeom’s works including the newly found Wooden Avalokitesvara Statute (1649) at the Myoryeon‐am Temple in Mt. Daedun, and is distinguished from previous studies in that it attempted to classify his works into four types by analyzing his associations with other monk sculptors and his styles observed in 10 Buddhist statues created under his direction. For this study, Buddhist Statue Creation Record and Repair Record found in the body of the Avalokitesvara Statue at the Myoryeon‐am Temple were analyzed, and the position of Muyeom in the history of Buddhist sculpture in the late half of the Joseon Dynasty was explained. Muyeom, who began his work at latest in 1633 and reached the peak of his career in the early 1650s, formed the Muyeom School that was a representative school in those days and the largest one of the monk sculptor schools in the Joseon Dynasty. Muyeom was followed by Dowoo and Haesim in the 1650s and 1660s, and he also influenced the lines of Seongil, Saeknan, and Chungok in the 1660s through 1690s. In this way, Muyeom occupies an important position in the history of Buddhist sculpture in the 17th century. Although more efforts should be made to dig out materials on his works before the 1630s, this study is meaningful in that it integrated materials on Muyeom including recently found ones, that, along with the finding of the statue at the Myoryeon‐am Temple, it analyzed the icons of main Buddha statues by theme through examining Muyeom’s creation of Buddha statues, and that it classified the styles of Muyeom’s works according to his association with other monk painters.