잡지 『문장』의 권두화 연구

Abstract

This study focuses on exploring the aesthetic consciousness of Mun-jang, one of the important products of Korean modern culture. Mun-jang, a literary magazine founded in 1939, was a publication of works representing contemporary poetry and novels by Lee Tae-joon and Jung Ji-yong. Furthermore, Mun-jang was closely related to art as well as modern literature, which progressed along with the development of contemporary art at the time. However, there is still a lack of systematic research on the cover, illustration, and frontispieces, which are the artistic aspects of the sentence paper. In particular, there is no research on frontispieces. This lack acts as a major limitation in deeply understanding the artistic value and meaning of the sentence paper. Therefore, this study aims to illuminate the artistic aspect of the sentence paper and examine the aesthetic consciousness inherent in the frontispieces, especially focusing on the frontispieces among the images used in the sentence paper. The editor's editing intention was implied in the frontispieces, which was not an essential element unlike the cover painting. The artistic consciousness of the sentence paper, which aimed for orientalism, was clearly revealed in the frontispieces. This did not simply mean a return to the past, but it was a will to form a modernity of our art by recreating tradition through a modern perspective. Therefore, looking at the frontispieces of the Moon-jang will be to examine the art orientation of the Moon-jang and at the same time look at how Joseon's art at the time tried to cultivate its identity based on tradition.