KOREAN AESTHETIC CONSCIOUSNESS AND COLOUR PREFERENCE IN CLOTHING STYLE

• Authors: Shin Nakyung
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study examines the Korean aesthetic consciousness of colour by focusing on the preference for white in clothing culture. A nation's symbolic use of certain colours develops over time as a tradition representing the national sentiment and philosophy of life. In this way, traditional colours not only influence the senses but also evoke ideas about a country's social customs. For example, white clothes without bleaching, artificial processing, or fancy patterns have a simple and pure beauty. This paper discusses the Korean partiality toward such clothing as a representative of the spiritual virtues of purity and holiness. A comparison is drawn with China and Japan, where traditional clothes feature other colours despite some shared concepts across the cultures, such as yin-yang and the five elements.

Keywords

EN

KOREAN AESTHETICS; CONSCIOUSNESS; COLOUR PREFERENCE; CLOTHING STYLE;; YINYANG; FIVE ELEMENTS

• Publisher: Society for Aesthetics in Slovakia ad Institute of Aesthetics and Art Culture
• Journal: ESPES
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 87 - 97

Contributors

author

Shin Nakyung

• University of Pusan, Plastic Arts Department, 159, Daeti-ro, Seo-gu, build 106-1803, 49208 Busan, Korea

Identifiers

DOI

10.5281/zenodo.6639866