신고전주의와 유선형 = Visual style and politics - neoclassicism and streamline

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

A style holds a mirror to its time. The distinctive stylistic characteristics and imaginary of an era reflects social, technological and political status. It has been found a certain artistic or design style would comply with a specific political situation in history. Especially in the visual style of public construction works has reflected the nation's political perspective. During the 1920s and 1930s. the conservative variant of architecture known as neoclassicism was warmly embraced by the dictators of Europe. With the rise of Mussolini in Italy, Hitler in Germany and Stalin in the soviet Union neoclassical building's abstracted monumentality was seen by totalitarians. In Korea a same phenomenon happened in the past 30 years. The public buildings such as the King Sejong auditorium, the National Art Gallery and other cultural centers follow the rigid-massive neoclassic style beloved by dictators. But at the same time a smooth - volumed style prevails in the private sectors. In the other hand, it ha been found that a society to be obsessed with speed and efficiency, with doing everything faster and with less effort however what politics has done. The least resistance of an objects in flow as the concept of streamlining has been favored in politics, as like economics, industry and design. Korea has experienced the economic miracle and political dictatorship during the 1960s and 1980s, and the era could be associated with the same visual styles those of neoclassicism and streamline in early 20th century in the western countries.