Printmaking is made as multiple copies for all ages and countries, so it is natural that printmaking is closely related to the contemporary typography, and most of the prints in the past were classified as a part of typography because they were made a...
Printmaking is made as multiple copies for all ages and countries, so it is natural that printmaking is closely related to the contemporary typography, and most of the prints in the past were classified as a part of typography because they were made as illustrations in books and that is the reason many prints have been neglected in Korean history of art.
However, the word "Multiple" in the modern art, means the system made as many, but limited number of originals, in other words, the tool for a communication with the masses.
It seems to be necessary that we consider the characteristics of printmaking as a media in relation to the problems in modern society, such as the problem of copying, appropriation of images, originality. communication with the masses in this age of information and mass culture. Especially, we can find the way to recreate the traditional prints in modern art in relation to the media.
The Printmaking in Chosun dynasty, were interposed in books as illustrations, and also used very usefully as documental records of royal events, important policies. Besides, prints were also applied in every-day lives and tools for folk beliefs by making best use of their mass-characteristics. The way of printmaking in Chosun dynasty still has many opportunities for various form of experiments in that it was the first invention for accurate copying of pictorial statement, many other arts and studies were improved depending on the informations transferring through it,
Therefore, in this study, I define the concept of media to make an approach to the woodcut on Chosun dynasty, and take a look at the origin of printmaking in relation to the typographic media in chapter Ⅰ.
And Ⅰsee the general flow of printmaking in Chosun dynasty in relation to the cultural and social situations, analyse them in terms of their uses to make clear their characteristics as media in chapter Ⅱ.
Finally, I would like to find out the origin of the multiple art in Chosun dynasty, before the age of copying machines by applying the characteristics as media to modern age of new media. and the way to use and improve it in this computerized modern society.