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A Study on the Color Characteristics in Klimt’s Paintings

  • Industry Promotion Research
  • Abbr : IPR
  • 2021, 6(1), pp.15-21
  • DOI : 10.21186/IPR.2021.6.1.015
  • Publisher : Industrial Promotion Institute
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Interdisciplinary Research
  • Received : January 11, 2021
  • Accepted : January 26, 2021
  • Published : January 31, 2021

Jin-Yu Kang 1 Ki-Seung Kim 1

1국제뇌교육종합대학원

Candidate

ABSTRACT

The study aims to examine the connection between psychology in human unconsciousness and color, after looking at the meaning and symbolism of the characteristics and colors in Klimt’s paintings from an analytical psychological point of view, Gustaf Jung’s archetype theory. After analyzing Jung’s archetype theory, First, in Klimt's paintings, the gold and yellow colorful decorations and patterns expressed desire with unconsciousness, sex, and especially a woman’s desire for sex. The physical relationship between men and women is described as eros, life, and death. Second, the main colors in the paintings were blue, black green, gold, yellow, and orange, indicating anger and oppression, passion, desire, hope, and eroticism, and orange and yellow colors represented the inner healing colors of hope. Third, the artist's inner healing process contains color for himself and incorporates the inner unconsciousness and consciousness. The colors expressed in paintings are not only therapeutic meaning but also being conscious of inner unconsciousness, which is valuable as healing. Therefore, the color will be useful as a means of conveying psychological expression in the psychological counseling sessions.

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