The purpose of this study was to comprehend Emptiness Thoughts on which Zen style is ideologically based and intrinsic meanings implied in Zen style, and ultimately to identify how Emptiness Thoughts, a philosophical concept, could be applied to the...
The purpose of this study was to comprehend Emptiness Thoughts on which Zen style is ideologically based and intrinsic meanings implied in Zen style, and ultimately to identify how Emptiness Thoughts, a philosophical concept, could be applied to the style of a dress through analyzing characteristics depicted on Zen style in the late 90's.
Therefore, first of all, internal meanings of Zen and Emptiness Thoughts were investigated. Then artistic(or esthetic) features of the Emptiness on the basis of aesthetic characteristics of Zen art were classified as follows: the beauty of integration, the beauty of asymmetry, the beauty of poverty, the beauty of nature. Next, its features which could be applied into the style of a dress were respectively coded into Integration, Asymmetry, Poverty and Naturalness. Each concept was analyzed and identified according to its internal and external expression included in it.
Zen and especially Emptiness Thoughts have been taken into consideration as cultural, philosophical, alternative ideas in the crisis of modem civilization and also these concepts might provide an idealogical basis to unite the East and the West. In that sense, the Zen style which was come to the fore through a fashion in the late 2OC is the representative example and serves a s a footstep to reinterpret and recover humanity in a modem society where it is lost. As a result, it is found that Zen style reflects the demand of the times and provides new vision in the 21C which multi-cultures are respected and cultural complication exists.