The mask used in drama has been reappreciated, and it needs profound and systematic studies in order to from the mask to effective use. In research, the aesthetic values in the masks of the latter period of Chosun(the mideighteenth century-the early n...
The mask used in drama has been reappreciated, and it needs profound and systematic studies in order to from the mask to effective use. In research, the aesthetic values in the masks of the latter period of Chosun(the mideighteenth century-the early nineteenth century) was examined through the analysis of traditional drama in accordance with the historical social background.
In the latter period of Chosun, the active performance of the mask in company with the occurence of a popular movement caused by people's self-awakening showed a close relationship between the development of the mask and its historical background the moulding characteristic of the mask was analysed before and after the eighteenth century, and regionally in the south and in the middle and the north.
The mask express the quality of art before the eighteenth century and a high social nature after the eighteenth century.
It showed, on the other hand, a strong social nature and a touch of satires on society in the south and a religional interest in the middle and the north.
This study shows from the viewpoint of a aesthetics that tradtional Korean mask
during Chosun period had comfortable and voluminous forms with beauty curved lines and colors and rhythm.
The aesthetic values in mask as experssed through The aesthetic characteristics have been classified the beauty of nature the beauty of personality, thebeauty of tradition.
Visual image with these beautys in masks were expressed into fashion of suits and drcsses.