@article{ART003362092},
author={Ji-Min Son},
title={Which Naturalism?: The Problem of the ‘Natural’ in Korean Art History},
journal={The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art},
issn={1229-0246},
year={2026},
volume={78},
pages={118-143}
TY - JOUR
AU - Ji-Min Son
TI - Which Naturalism?: The Problem of the ‘Natural’ in Korean Art History
JO - The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
PY - 2026
VL - 78
IS - null
PB - 한국미학예술학회
SP - 118
EP - 143
SN - 1229-0246
AB - This paper takes as its point of departure a pressing scholarly problem concerning Korean aesthetics and the arts, as they have been addressed across art history, folklore studies, literature, and philosophy. The issues related to this problem unmistakably converge around the concept of the ‘natural’ and ‘naturalism.’ Korean aesthetics is typically identified primarily with a particular set of Neo-Confucian or Buddhist concepts forming practical and naturalistic doctrines, or, in some cases, reduced to the appearance of ‘natural’ or unsophisticated artifacts. But as it has also been noticeable in scholarship, the little space that remains for articulating a distinctive cultural identity grounded in a coherent notion dwindles even further. What is now required from scholarship is to naturalize questions regarding the traditional, religious significance attributed in the fecundity (rather than the specificity or uniqueness) of accounts of aesthetic experiences, artifacts and their production through cross-cultural, interdisciplinary methods.
KW - aesthetic experience;attention;conformity;empirical aesthetics;Korean art history;naturalism
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Ji-Min Son. (2026). Which Naturalism?: The Problem of the ‘Natural’ in Korean Art History. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 78, 118-143.
Ji-Min Son. 2026, "Which Naturalism?: The Problem of the ‘Natural’ in Korean Art History", The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, vol.78, pp.118-143.
Ji-Min Son "Which Naturalism?: The Problem of the ‘Natural’ in Korean Art History" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 78 pp.118-143 (2026) : 118.
Ji-Min Son. Which Naturalism?: The Problem of the ‘Natural’ in Korean Art History. 2026; 78 118-143.
Ji-Min Son. "Which Naturalism?: The Problem of the ‘Natural’ in Korean Art History" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 78(2026) : 118-143.
Ji-Min Son. Which Naturalism?: The Problem of the ‘Natural’ in Korean Art History. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 78, 118-143.
Ji-Min Son. Which Naturalism?: The Problem of the ‘Natural’ in Korean Art History. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art. 2026; 78 118-143.
Ji-Min Son. Which Naturalism?: The Problem of the ‘Natural’ in Korean Art History. 2026; 78 118-143.
Ji-Min Son. "Which Naturalism?: The Problem of the ‘Natural’ in Korean Art History" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 78(2026) : 118-143.
