Aesthetic Analysis of Calligraphy Art on the Plaque of Gyeongbokgung Palace

Abstract

Gyeongbokgung Palace is the top five palaces in Seoul, and it has an important influence in Korea and even in the world. There are many plaques written in Chinese characters on the gates, houses, and corridors of the palace. These plaques are part of the architecture, part of the traditional Korean culture, and a wonderful example of traditional calligraphy. Currently, there are 121 tablets hanging in Gyeongbokgung Palace, including four types of characters: regular script, official script, line and seal, which are different in form and writer. The author collected information on all the plaques through various verification and field investigation, combed the year, author and font of the plaques in as much detail as possible, and arranged them into tables. This article focuses on the detailed artistic aesthetic analysis of these plaques, from the visual arts, described their artistic characteristics, including brushwork, structure, atmosphere and so on. The five aesthetic types are developed one by one, and the corresponding pictures and texts are used to provide readers with a reference dimension to the aesthetic world of calligraphy in Gyeongbokgung Palace.