놀이 와 예술 그리고 상상력 | Digital Library of Korean Literature ( LTI Korea ) 
 Arts - Art theory , Esthetics 
 Title : Play , Art , and Imagination 
 Author : Chin Jung - Kwon 
 Forward – Revolution of the Imagination 
 Chapter 1 . Red / Coincidence Verses Inevitability 
 The Die is Cast – Dice 
 Alice on a Chessboard - Chess 
 Joker Steps out of the Playing Card - Jester 
 Chapter 2 . Orange / Light and Shadow 
 Self - portrait of Nature – Camera Obscura 
 Drawing with Light – Laterna Magica 
 Panorama of Silhouettes – Shadow Play 
 Chapter 3 . Yellow / Hide and Seek 
 Truth in Distortion – Anamorphosis 
 Face Hidden in the Landscape – Anthropomorphic Landscape 
 The World Stands on its Head – Handstand 
 Chapter 4 . Green / Enigma 
 Broken Pearl Necklace – Anagram 
 Time Becoming the Space – Acrostic 
 Letters Becoming a Painting – Reverse 
 Chapter 5 . Blue / The Asthetics of Disappearance 
 The Rose of Sharon Has Bloomed – Pyknolepsy 
 How to Make the World Disappear - Magic 
 Chapter 6 . Navy Blue / From Moment to Eternity 
 Fleeting like a Kiss – Fireworks 
 Gypsy ’ s Crystal Ball – Kaleidoscope 
 A Path Dividing in Two Directions with No End – A Maze 
 Chapter 7 . Purple / Daedalus ’ s Dream 
 Fold , Unfold , and Refold – Origami 
 Dream of a Doll – Automata 
 Cosmos in Chaos – Orderliness 
 Puer Aeternus , or Eternal Boy 
 In Play , Art , and Imagination , Chin Jung - kwon , a theorist of aesthetics with a good sense of humor , probes into the world of play and art under the theme of “ Revolution of the Imagination . ” He introduces 20 forms of play featured in a variety of artworks and examines the source of such creations , that is , imagination . Detailing the origin and development of Western play , art , and cultural phenomena which includes dice , chess , shadow play , kaleidoscope , anagram , magic , fireworks , maze , and origami , the book allows readers to explore the nature of imagination and how it can flourish with technological advancement . 
 Today ’ s revival and triumph of fantasy in novels , movies , and online content are deeply related to the changing media environment where its focus is shifting from letters to images . This phenomenon also shows that the new generation is already used to thinking in images , not in words . With regard to such a transition , the author argues that imagination , which makes such thinking possible , is driven by technologies in mechanical , information , and genetic engineering . Moreover , these technologies are what he believes break down the physical barriers between fantasy and reality . The paradigm of “ knowledge is power ” is gone , and “ imagination ” has become a new source of productivity for the future generation . While following this book , readers can discover what “ imagination ” means through all five senses . 
 On the whole , this book puts forth imagination as a means to explore the world of aesthetics and delves into it through the lens of play . Chin Jung - kwon offers interesting insights on how the “ imagination revolution ” has spawned a new way of thinking and describes its seven characteristics : nonlinearity , circularity , fragmentation , ambiguity , kinesthesia , hieroglyphics , and monadism . These seven characteristics are visibly portrayed in both the form and content of the book . In other words , instead of expressing everything through text , the book reveals meaning through image . This format actually fits well with the recent cultural changes in which the main medium of communication has switched from logical letters into sensory images . In short , the book itself is a reflection of the current cultural landscape where people have stopped pursuing the only “ truth ” and are instead taking an active interest in “ fun ” and “ play . ” 
 Chin Jung - kwon is a prominent South Korean cultural critic . He received abachelor ’ s and master ’ s degree in Aesthetics from Seoul National University and studiedstructural linguistics in Germany . He is now a professor at Dongyang University . 
 His trilogy , Odyssey of Aesthetics , has been listed on various recommendedreading lists over the past 20 years and is now regarded as a steady seller and a classicamong modern Korean readers . Though he is referred to by many titles — a cultural critic , a commentator , a leading intellectual who makes biting commentary on the absurdity ofsociety — he identifies himself as an aesthetician whose “ ultimate goal in life is to write agood book on aesthetics . ” Since 2008 , he has been active in teaching , research , andwriting with Techno - Aesthetic Society , under the mission of “ redefining Humanities , theold media , in the new media age of image and sound . ” 
 His major publications include the Image Humanities Vol . 1 - 2 , the Odyssey ofAesthetics Vol . 1 - 3 , Play , Art and Imagination , Homo Coreanicus , Icon , and AestheticEssays . He co - authored Did You Think about It ? , the Cross Vol . 1 - 2 , Democracy , Again , and Rebirth of Progress . He also translated The Blue and Brown Books by LudwigWittgenstein and The Birth of the Network Aesthetics by Hiroshi Kawano . 
 Mi - rae Yang is a professional translator with a master ’ s degree in English / Korean Translation from Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies . 
 This brilliant book provides a persuasive explanation of the relationship between play andart through a variety of examples … The artworks displayed in the book represent a genreof art that has been overlooked in the modern era . Today , they are enjoying a revival inwhich their value is being rediscovered through the lens of postmodernism . 
 - < HankyorehNewpaper > 
 For Chin Jung - kwon , who declared himself a full - time writer , writing is not just the fruitof sleepless , agonizing nights but just good fun . This book is the epitome of good fun . 
 -< DongA Ilbo Newpaper > 
 The book ranked fourth in the Humanities category of the South Korean bestseller list in July 2005 and tenth in January 2006 .