본 연구는 조선시대 회화에 묘사된 전통육아의 함의를 고찰하는데 목적이 있다. 전통사회에서 회화는 사진이나 기타 기록매체와 같이 사실적 기록방법이 거의 발달하지 않았던 시대에 실제 생활을 표현한 문화적 유산이다. 회화 중 풍속화, 민화 등은 민간의 생활상을 묘사한 그림이라는 점에서 그 시대를 살았던 사람들의 생활 모습이 담겨져 있기 때문에 전통사회의 육아관을 파악하는데 적합한 자료가 될 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 17세기 이후 조선시대 회화들 중 0세에서 7세 정도의 유아가 등장하는 풍속화, 인물화, 민화, 산수화 등 96점의 회화를 분석하여, 전통사회에서의 아이를 키우는 육아방식을 이해하고 이를 통해 전통육아가 현대사회에 주는 함의를 고찰하고자 하였다. 연구결과, 조선시대 회화에 묘사된 전통육아의 함의는 “아이는 온 가족이 끼고 키운다, 아이는 마을공동체에서 자연스럽게 자란다, 아이는 놀면서 자란다, 아이는 어깨너머 교육법으로 키운다.”로 나타났다. 본 연구는 한국 전통사회에서의 육아 원형을 회화분석을 통해 되돌아봄으로써 현대 사회에서 아이를 키우는 것에 대한 시사점을 얻을 수 있었다는 점에서 연구의의가 있다.
This study was conducted to inquire into the implications of traditional parenting described in paintings of the Chosun period. In a traditional society of the period when realistic documentation methods such as photographing were not been developed, paintings that show the life of people at that time are considered as important cultural heritages. Paintings that describe people's lifestyle are suitable for understanding childrearing in a traditional society. In this study, 96 paintings of the Chosun period, describing children, were analyzed to understand traditional parenting and to consider its implications for the today's society. As a result of a study, the implications of traditional parenting described in paintings of the Chosun period were that children should be raised as child by all family members and village people in indirect teaching methods. This study, conducted to understand child rearing of the traditional Korean society by analyzing paintings, is considered significant because it gives us implications in child rearing of the modern society.
This study was conducted to inquire into the implications of traditional parenting described in paintings of the Chosun period. In a traditional society of the period when realistic documentation methods such as photographing were not been developed, paintings that show the life of people at that time are considered as important cultural heritages. Paintings that describe people's lifestyle are suitable for understanding childrearing in a traditional society. In this study, 96 paintings of the Chosun period, describing children, were analyzed to understand traditional parenting and to consider its implications for the today's society. As a result of a study, the implications of traditional parenting described in paintings of the Chosun period were that children should be raised as child by all family members and village people in indirect teaching methods. This study, conducted to understand child rearing of the traditional Korean society by analyzing paintings, is considered significant because it gives us implications in child rearing of the modern society.
