In any time period, a discourse serves as a cross section that epitomizes a society within that era. Such communicational phenomenon for modern Korean society may be the conception termed as ‘healing’ (i.e. emotional healing), which has undergone ... In any time period, a discourse serves as a cross section that epitomizes a society within that era. Such communicational phenomenon for modern Korean society may be the conception termed as ‘healing’ (i.e. emotional healing), which has undergone a rapid growth in recent years. One can effortlessly detect this movement of ‘healing’ in various areas of Korean society such as its culture, arts, and economics, which in turn channel ‘healing’ into pervading citizens’ daily lives. Correspondingly, there has been a consistent rise in emphasizing the need for newss to likewise communicate with readers in an emotional manner. I have thus focused my study on news illustrations’ function in providing ‘healing’. In other words, rather than the news illustration remaining in the current simple form of only communicating information, my research investigated its potential for evolving into a form through which universal emotions can be conveyed and identified with. In addition, I sought to establish theoretical grounds for effects of art and illustration in generating emotional healing. Art is a visual communication through which human beings seek to communicate emotionally with the rest of the world. The great Russian author Leo Tolstoy once stated, “Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen.” The role of art, therefore, is to deliver a type of sensation which evokes an emotion that ultimately leaves an intense, stirring impression. This process coincides with the aforementioned emotional healing that I aim to discuss, and it also marks the very starting point of this study. I studied and analyzed a series of literary works for a more in-depth study and discerned that art for emotional healing shares a common root with the literary trend of Romanticism. Romanticism had directly confronted the limitations of rationality and redirected the search for truth about human nature toward the realm of emotions, which was held in comparatively low esteem due to extolment of rationality. In particular, I perceived that Romanticists’ pursuit of “…unity with oneself, with others, and with nature – [which] now had to be recovered through free activity by modern man” Frederick C. Beiser, trans. Ju-hwee Kim, 「The Romantic Imperative: The Concept of Early German Romanticism」, Seoul: Greenbee, 2011, p.189. to overcome the problem unveiled by the French Revolution, the contradiction of human nature, is still a valid problem today. This is because incongruity between body and mind, the conflict between man and nature, and severance of empathy constitute our current position in which we come to yearn for emotional healing. One can find signs of art’s potential as a provider of emotional healing in works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, writers from the era of Romanticism, who both believed emotions elicited by art make possible the formation of a harmonious human being. Against the backdrop of these findings, I searched for methods of expression that would enable news illustrations to become a medium of emotional healing. I conducted this research with respect to two aspects: form and content. In terms of form, I established that harmonization, simplification, lyrical mood, and visual metaphors are the factors to consider. In terms of content, I centered my investigation around humanity, love, humor (jest), relaxation, and rest. First, in terms of form, I could surmise that two giants of modern art Paul Klee and Henri Matisse played leading roles in endeavoring to create art as means of emotional healing. In works by Klee, a progenitor of abstract paintings, I found a harmonious unity between antithetic elements. I paid particular attention to how his art pieces containing rectangular constructs, a central figure in his works, included the word “harmony” in their titles. Harmony produces an aesthetic pleasure, which can be an experience of emotional healing. For illustrations of emotional healing, such methods of expression pertaining to ‘balance’ and ‘harmony’ are vitally important as they can induce a sense of visual comfort and security. Another core artistic form, simplification, was evident in works by Matisse. Simplification eliminates unnecessary components or expresses them implicitly in order for an optimally concise display. Simplification can be applied to a wide range of constituents such as formative elements of shape, color, and light versus shade, but also overall composition. It is also not limited to producing only psychological comfort but a visual one as well. It is further notable that simplification is not optional but mandatory for news illustrations as they are characteristically restricted by space. In his works, Matisse erased inessential details and omitted as much as possible, promoting simplification of the subjects he depicted. Matisse once disclosed that what he dreams of art is for it to be like “a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue”, which matches with the emotional healing that I aspire to. Lyrical mood and visual metaphors could also be effective agents in emotional healing. Lyrical mood in a work of art begets an atmosphere of peace and silence, offering a space of rest and meditation for its viewers. For artists, visual metaphors open new ways of imagination and creativity. For viewers, they give the amusement of discovering hidden meanings and freshness of encountering new approaches. These affects could be further appreciated and studied in the works of Romanticist author Caspar David Friedrich as well as Surrealist author René Magritte. The next object of study, content that provides emotional healing, can be summarized as content that alleviates stress, aids in regaining composure, and offers consolation. Concepts previously established within this study, which are 1) love, humanism, 2) humor (jest), 3) relaxation, and rest, function in contrast to characteristics of newss, which are 1) focus on crimes against humanity, accidents, 2) critical and serious tone, and 3) buildup of a sense of urgency, tension, and instability. Through artists like Lee Jung-seob and Fernando Botero, it is evident that utilizing those concepts can produce an emotional reverberation via healing. Furthermore, I applied the frameworks of form and content in analyzing how my own artwork realized definitive characteristics of emotional healing identified through this study. The selected art pieces are my own creations from between 2010 and 2015 during which I undertook full-scale work as a news illustrator. I chose sixteen art pieces out of four series such as “Reading Books Through Pictures”, “Person Who Made Me Who I Am”, “Just This Before Death”, and “Hwang In-sook’s Happy Poetry Reading”, in which the emotional element is particularly evident. Through these endeavors, I was able to deduce that my illustrations have a universal quality of ‘emotional healing’ that would console news readers. In addition, through the process of analyzing these art pieces, I was able to institute validity of relevant theories and grounds for argument while affirming my identity as an illustrator of emotional art pieces. I conjecture that this study will serve as the basis of setting the direction and development of my future artworks. My hope is that this study will also help Korean news illustrations take leaps of progress to come. ，韩语论文，韩语论文范文 |
