Choi Chi-won was the subject of a revered and adored by generations of people. Therefore, his portraits were being a shrine where the portrait of an illustrious person is enshrined, ancestrcal shrine and a lecture hall etc in some portrait of the regi...
Choi Chi-won was the subject of a revered and adored by generations of people. Therefore, his portraits were being a shrine where the portrait of an illustrious person is enshrined, ancestrcal shrine and a lecture hall etc in some portrait of the region.
As such, Choi Chi-won portraits have contained the middle sense of political, social and personal nature of beyond the cultic significance of the memorial and the syncline.
This article put aim to look at the status and characteristics from the total viewpoint for Choi Chi-won portraits. To this end, the author saw weighs the situation and status in the center of the enshrined place and time of production Choi Chi-won portraits.
In addition, Categorize into figures type worthy retainer painting, hermit painting, Confucianist painting of his portraits, I was willing to examine its characteristics and meanings.
Today, It was reported that Choi Chi-won portraits was over 25 species. Currently, his portraits are manufactured or transformed after a long time and it have been enshrined and collected in various facilities. For example, there were many small intestine or foster care facilities at home and abroad, which is enshrined in shrines of elsewhere Changwon, Jinju, Hadong, Hapcheon of Gyeongnam, Ulsan and Youngduk, Andong, Gyeongju, Chungdo, Goyoung, Daegu of Gyeongbuk, Gwangju of jeonnam, Gunsan, Iksan, Jeongeup, Sunchang of Jeonbuk, Seosan, Secheon of Chungnam, Fortune of Kyungki.
Among of them, that production time was certainly known was portraits of Musung shrine and the standard portraits. Our himself estimate the production time about the portraits of Dugok shrine, Unam shrine, Asan shrine, the old synagogue, Sangsujang, Haknam shrine, Jisan shrine, Chungsungsa, Ssanggyesa etc. and the other portraits can touch with construction of enshrined facilities and guess the composition timing.
Next, Portrait of Choi Chi-won was told in a various sorrow figure by people revered him. There was often divided into Jirisan Ssanggyesa script and Gayasan Haeinsa script aboding him, representational figures are being highlighted through sorrow figure such as clothing, backgrounds and additional vessels.
According to this, This author examine the nature and meaning by classify Portrait of Choi Chi-won as worthy retainer painting, hermit painting, Confucianist painting.
First, Choi Chi-won portraits of worthy retainer painting are as follows the typical worthy retainer painting of the early Joseon Dynasty. Sitting in a chair a karate stance wearing danryeong on private with seated statue of Junsin religion, figures of left predecessor tenets are common.
In such cases, the surrounding background be treated light or by placing tripod, breastplate and several vessels, it have to highlight the appearance of a tattoo officials. So much again, it shows the intention for hailing the talents and achievements of Choi Chi-won.
Second, Choi Chi-won of hermit painting are usually shaped in the likeness sitting on Samsinsan. In addition, such representations figures addition,
there are drawn in appearances in following young boy, the state holding the Buddhists and look holding a Pachoseon. So that, it will put out the implications that the Choi Chi-won hailed as hermit.
Third, Choi Chi-won portrait of Confucianist painting take advantage of the utensils and a clothes of Confucian scholar, it has been shaped by refined figures of literary person or gentry. It has put out so the dogmatic meaning of revereding Choi Chi-won as Confucian scholar.
As such, his portraits, the portraits of Choi Chi-won would deal with a variety of meanings religion and politics, momoirs, ancestral rites. So, Innumerably description by family revering him or younger students, It is expanding political and ritual, academic sense that is enshrined by the various shrine, ancestrcal shrine and a lecture hall.