The Cloudlike pattern has started with the heart of wishing for peace, seeking for the future happiness, yearning for the heavens from the religious background on the basis of ancient people's Taoism. It also has been in need of absolute clouds as the...
The Cloudlike pattern has started with the heart of wishing for peace, seeking for the future happiness, yearning for the heavens from the religious background on the basis of ancient people's Taoism. It also has been in need of absolute clouds as the rapid communication means of the ancient society. Clouds have multifarious shapes and very beautiful eyesighting appearances.
Cloudlike pattern aspects have developed in the actual and social regularity, and have led a human spirit to richness and abundance in various tools and art works from the conter of all living places under the influence of Buddhism.
The cloudlike pattern is increasing the beauty of works in harmony with a rather different pattern aspest than a single one. In other words, animals look like much intrepidity and nimbleness if there is a cloudlike pattern in the pattern aspects of dragon, crane, tiger, deer, phoenix, etc.
The cloudlike pattern is generally known as a S-letter pattern. The characteristics of a Chinese pattern aspect are relatively heavy in line and short in length. Therefore it looks like strength. In general, it shows the size of appropriate weight for a Taoist hermit with super-natural powers: namely, it shows the beauty o solidity.
The foundation of a Korean cloudlike pattern has started from a thunderlike pattern and developed into a cloudlike pattern. Its characteristics are delicate and splendid in line and rich in harmony between a cloud initial and cloud final. A cloud initial consists of several poralenvebpe and a cloud final is described long and sharply. A Korean cloudlike pattern is used in the various embroided potteries, Especially, that of the Yi-dynasty is beautiful and elegant.