The Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Picture is the one that expressed eight scenic beauties as the title of the picture. Using a scenic beauty from eight chosen landscapes for the subtitle of work appears as a shared phenomenon in literature and pictures. In...
The Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Picture is the one that expressed eight scenic beauties as the title of the picture. Using a scenic beauty from eight chosen landscapes for the subtitle of work appears as a shared phenomenon in literature and pictures. In this tendency lies the aim of selecting eight scenic masterpieces for establishing a scenic beauty. On its basis, this thesis intends to consider the formation, evolving process and kinds of the Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Picture.
The Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Picture developed in China can be divided in its kind into Sosang Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Pictures completed on the basis of classical subject matters and scenic beauty Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Pictures through touring actual scenery. In China, poetry reciting on the fine view of Sosang region appears from around the 3rd century and poems for Hosang Eight Scenic Masterpieces with a certain formality have been repeatedly created by a number of writers since. Sosang Eight Scenic Masterpieces also tended to be created over and again with a similar formality and this can be confirmed through title poems included in the works. Scenic beauty Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Pictures was manufactured influenced by the creation of Eight Scenic-Masterpiece poetry and the fashion of Sosang Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Pictures. As a result of analyzing the works and the title poems, it was verified that in the background of manufacturing the Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Pictures, there existed an aim to make a scenic beauty out of the actual scenery which the writer opted for.
The Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Pictures manufactured in Goryeo and Joseon dynasty also had the same inclination as in China. First, as regards Sosang Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Pictures introduced in Goryeo era, the shape at that time can be inferred from the existing title poems. It is found that the poetic language expressed in the title poems is similar to the expressed pictorial idea of the Sosang Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Pictures in the former period of Joseon . This is considered due to the fact that the formality of Sosang Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Pictures with classical subject matters had been already streamed into Goryeo from China in a complete form. This kind of trend affected the manufacture of <Beehaedang Sosang Eight Scenic Masterpiece poetry book> in the former period of Joseon , and beneath it, it was found that Sosang Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Pictures were used for the classical subject matter that represents ideal scenery. In this writing, the Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Pictures completed for a classical theme in literature and pictures were classified into Sosang Eight Scenic-Masterpiece form. Sosang Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Pictures generally showed the aspect of a certain pictorial idea and formality being put into works repeatedly. This suggests that Sosang Eight Scenic Masterpieces was recognized as the classical ideal scenery by the literary men and that it backgrounds the same expressive formality emerged.
Scenic beauty Eight Scenic-Masterpiece Pictures manufactured on the bases of recorded tourism is due to the custom of choosing eight scenic beauties. In the former period of Joseon , selecting new-town eight scenic masterpieces and scenic beauty eight scenic masterpieces based on royal dignity was actively made and later, selecting eight scenic masterpieces was focused on personal far-off places for retirement. Such custom of selecting the eight scenic masterpieces reflected the literary men’s understanding that selecting actual scenery as the eight scenic masterpieces makes a scenic beauty. Based on it, this writing divided the kind into scenic-beauty eight-scenic-masterpiece form and far-off retirement scenic masterpiece form.
First, in case of scenic-beauty eight-scenic-masterpiece form, subtitles indicating the same region are repeatedly cited by a number of literary men. This reveals that the subtitles for the selected eight scenic masterpieces had already represented the scenic beauty over the whole neighborhood. Seen through the existing works and title poems, it can be understood that scenic beauty eight scenic masterpiece pictures were manufactured with a certain formality and that there was a pictorial idea commonly expressed in the works. This demonstrates that the background of selecting scenic beauty for eight scenic masterpieces and the viewpoint of perceiving the eight scenic masterpieces were exchanged on an equal basis.
Far-off retirement eight scenic masterpiece form can be referred to as the ones selected for the purpose of personal preference and enjoyment. This, unlike scenic beauty eight scenic masterpiece form loved by the majority, can be seen as a reflection of personal viewpoint and purpose on the work, chiefly containing an aim to make widely known one’s own far-off place for seclusion as a scenic beauty. And to leave this behind in history it was manufactured in the form of illustrated poem books. But unlike this, it is noted that there is the eight scenic-masterpiece pictures selected by artists. They are mainly eight scenic masterpiece pictures completed by writers on the subject of far-off places for retirement or places of scenic beauty. This reflects the far-off retirement eight scenic masterpiece form with an intention for the personal preference by the writer and setting up the selected subject as a scenic beauty.