| Keywords |
Kim Hong-do; Genre Painting; Soundscape; Sound Culture |
| Abstract |
This study aims to re-examine the meaning and the characteristics of the auditory elements depicted in the genre paintings of Danwon Kim Hong-do, which starts from the emotional thinking to create consideration or mood for the auditory elements of the times. The auditory elements depicted in his genre paintings are mainly composed of natural and social sounds, and the social sounds describe the life of the common people. The natural sounds consist of the sound by water, bird, and animal, and the social sounds of various socio-cultural elements such as music in relation with instruments, dance, conversations in the daily life, discipleship, commanding and shouting, children’s sounds, sales, living tool, work and labor, feeding and cooking, studying, training, and the sound of footsteps. He describes frequently conversation, work and labor in the soundscape of the daily life of the common people in the era of the late Joseon Dynasty. In particular, he captures the lives of the people and the landscape of the city, as emotional expressions of the five senses, conveying not only musical inspiration but also the aroma of life. |