예찬의 ‘일기(逸氣)’ 회화 미학 소고

Abstract

This research aimed at investigating the aesthetic significance of Yuan dynasty artist Ye Chan(倪瓚: 1301~1371)'s 'Ilgi(逸氣)’, which implies his artistic idea. The basis of his artistic idea implies period background, philosophy, feelings about life, experience of life, and mental boundary including space view. Of course, this Ilgi is not a mere aesthetic system created by Ye Chan, but indicates the artist's mental world, moral cultivation, and a certain character of artist by gradually being infiltrated into the literature starting from Wei Qin Dynasty character evaluation, furthermore, went forward artistic spirit by being derived from the spirit of morality, such as Hoyeonjigi(浩然之氣), Jeonggi(精氣). Therefore, Ilgi was regarded as the highest personality type and artistic character by the classic literary noblemen. During the period when Ye Chan lived, lots of change occurred in various fields when Mongolia defeated South Sung and unified China. Particularly, Ye Chan was mentally shocked greatly to encounter complex social reality such as inequality between peoples, conflict between South and North culture, ideological dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, and abolition of state examination, etc. Ye Chan lived a hermitic(隱逸) life due to his inner tendency, period environment and living environment, escaping from this corrupt reality, and found peace of mind in such hermitic life. He created Ilgi which combined Cho-il(超逸), Bang-il(放逸), and Go-il(高逸) dignity, life experience boundary that cultivated his mind, this Ilgi was the expression of the highest character from the highest personality. Ye Chan's philosophical cause was created when he escaped from all name and fortune and restriction by being separated from the world in the boundary of life experience when he entered into Zen in reliance on Confucianism and Taoism, particularly while living in hermitic(隱逸) life that had been formed in his latter years. Especially, aesthetic characteristic of Ilgi was Ja O(自娛)'s Ilgi, which was Ja Seong's idea, who expressed one's mind through the spirit that strolled(逍遙遊) through independence of the individual and freedom of self due to the influence of Taoism and the Zen sect. The technique that best expressed his idea, enlightenment, and emotion was Ilpilchocho(逸筆草草) Ilgi. Lastly, landscape painting expressed with Cheonjinpyungdam(天眞平淡), stroked with Ye Chan's Hyungjung Ilgi was a matchless aesthetic piece.