이순석(李順石)의 공예와 디자인교육에 관한 연구

A Study on Education of Modem Craft and Design by Lee, Soon-Suk in Seoul National University

Lee , Soon-Suk was a founder of the education of modern craft in Korea. He studied 'Doan' at the Tokyo Art College in Japan since [926. He, as the first professor since [946, established a curriculum and system of a department of 'Doan' of Seoul National University. Further, he connected the education of 'Doan' of Japan, which succeeded to the trend of the art and craft movement and the decorative art such as 'art nouveau' in the western countries, to the education of 'Doan' in university of Korea. In 1950', when he started the education of applied art, craft and design were not divided. And the education of applied art had a two dimensional and pictorial form with an artistic inclination . The object of the education of Lee, Sun-Suk was to connect the beauty of traditional craft with new ideas and senses. The content of his education was based on the mode picture, which omits and simplifies traditional materials or natural objects, landscapes. Since 1960', the concepts of craft and design were divided and known to Korean society and Lee, Sun-Suk too received the contemporary trend from a tour of inspection abroad. Therefore, th e educati on of cr aft art was de viated from th e infl ue nce of Jap an a nd began to c hange ce ntering around Ameri ca. The go vernment began to und erstand the imp ort ance of des ign and in co nnection with it, Lee, Sun-Suk founded Korean Design Center and ope ned Commer ce and Indust ry Art Exhibition. Lee , Sun-Suk dev el op ed mod ern ed ucatio n o f th e cra ft and found th e impo rtance of the traditi on and made every effort to connect it to new idea.