• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.55-71
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• 2013

Objectives : In physiognomy, human emotion such as joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure in social relation is one of important factors for impression formation. Various emotional feelings exert significant influence on the endocrine action and the muscle activities as well as changes of one's impression, which results in changes of one's life. On the other hand, such alterations in life may also bring changes of one's impression. The method of physiognomic examination is not different from the inspecting colors that makes a diagnosis of physical conditions. Thus, based on "Yeongchu Ohseak(靈樞 五色)", the present study compares similarities and differences between the two views of the physiognomy and the Korean medicine. Methods : The similarities and differences between the two approaches will be compared to each other and analysed with the respect to inspecting colors suggested by preceding research in physiognomy and "Yeongchu Ohseak(靈樞 五色)". Results & Conclusions : From this study, we found physiognomy and the Korean medicine shares the same theoretical background. The differences that we found in the present study are as follow. The inspection diagnosis in the Korean medicine focuses on the prevention and treatment of diseases; however, physiognomy focuses on the prognostication of one's life in order to lead a happy life. As the ultimate goals of the two approaches differ with each other, it is peculiarly challenging to compare these two in detail. Therefore, the future study should address physiognomy as a part of the Korean medicine so that the Korean medicine can contribute to mankind for a better and healthy human life.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Design Studies Conference
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• 2002.11b
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• pp.154-155
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• 2002

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Design Studies Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.98-99
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• 2003

• Journal of Haehwa Medicine
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.49-61
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• 2013

The humans has tried to investigate the fundamental relationship of all phenomena through the eyes. In oriental medicine, inspection is a one way of diagnosing by observing outer shape of patients. Physiognomy is the study which infers characteristics, constitutions, predestinations of one man from his appearance. In other words, the study is about how inner spirit is expressed in the appearance and how we could understand the inner side from appearance. According to it, shapes, proportions and balances of human appearance also reflect the unrecognized characteristics of human. Esthetical beauty is product of seeing, it is considered with judgment of human just like beauty or ugliness, right or wrong, good and bad. In the east, they consider that the beauty is balance of nature, and that balance and harmony is important at human's face. For such a reason, the highest beauty has ideal as agreement ethical and aesthetic level through the harmony of ethical and physical beauty. And Physiognomy and inspection are the same as it.

• Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.64-74
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• 2003

Objectives : To evaluate the properness and effectiveness of the question categories concerning 'total physiognomy', used in Iksan Wonkwang Oriental Medicine. Methods: We statistically analyzed data from those 1335 patients focussing on 'relative discrimination ability' to sasang constructions and 'response ratio'. Patients included in this research are only those who had been well treated in Iksan Wonkwang Oriental Medicine during the Period of three years from 2000 to 2002. The data are obtained through the electronic chart developed by Kim Jong-Yeol, and analyzed using the statistical Package SPSS. Results: The first category for discriminating Taeum type, 'heavy and looking steady', has more discriminating power and effectiveness among women than men, and especially in wemen with an age of 21 or more. The second category for discriminating Soeum type, 'delicate and modest', is more discriminating and effective among men than women, and mostly among men with ages 21-40. The third category for Soyang type, 'fast and brave', is almost equally discriminating and effective to both women and men, especially among women with ages 40 or less and among men with ages 21 or more. Finally, the forth category for discriminating Taeyang type, 'progressive', is neither discriminating nor effective among most the women than men in all age groups. Conclusions: The definition of 'relative discriminating power of constitution' and 'response ratio' are well evaluating the properness and effectiveness of the question categories regarding 'total physiognomy'. The first category is most discriminating and effective among women with ages 20 or less, and the second among 21-40 year old men, the third among women with ages 40 or less and among men with ages 21 or over. The forth category is neither discriminating nor effective.

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.918-927
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• 2012

This study identified the aesthetic characteristics of the face description in late Joseon Dynasty beauty paintings. A total of 24 beauty paintings were selected as representative of the late Joseon Dynasty genre of painting works. The paintings were analyzed by the shape, color, and physiognomy of beauty trends from the components of women's faces expressed in the works of artists. The results of this study showed that the shape of the face components expressed a round, curved and thin line. Colors were expressed through Obang-sack (a traditional Korean color). Also the physiognomy of the late Joseon Dynasty's women was soft, wise, economical and brilliant. A round-forehead meant that economical and virtuous housekeeper, thin crescent shaped eyebrows denoted women of wisdom and excellent sensitivity. Single long thin eyelids and implied a women of longevity. A round curved nose were eager tobe a wise mother and a good wife. Small concave lips were desired eagerly by gentle and intelligent women. A curve face implied a subjective women of insight and good memory. In conclusion, the late Joseon Dynasty beauty paintings expressed a traditional Korean beauty face and a modern baby face. The data are useful for the aesthetic standards of modern through meaning of Korean traditional beauty.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02b
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• pp.346-357
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• 2008

관상학(Physiognomy)이란 사람의 얼굴을 보고 그의 운명, 성격, 수명 따위를 판단하는 방법을 연구하는 학문을 말한다. 이 논문에서 언급하는 관상학은 동양에서 말하는 관상학, 특히 얼굴의 부분적 특성이나 전체적인 조화를 통해 성격과 운영을 예측하는 학문을 의미한다. 이 연구는 동양 관상학을 적용한 성격별 얼굴 설계 시스템 구축에 관한 것으로, 첫째, 보편적인 성격 분류를 위해 MBTI에서 다루는 성격 어휘 161개를 군집분석을 통해 39개의 대표 어휘로 추출하였다. 추출된 대표 성격 어휘의 의미상 거리를 나타내기 위하여 서베이를 통해 얻은 데이터를 다차원 척도법을 통해 2차원 공간상에 성격 어휘의 관계를 분석하였다. 둘째, 얼굴 시각화를 위해 먼저 얼굴의 형태적 특성을 결정짓는 요소를 크게 얼굴형, 눈, 코, 입, 이마, 눈썹으로 분류하고, 분류된 6가지 얼굴 형태의 29가지 하위요소 별 성격을 한국인의 얼굴 특성을 기준으로 관상학적 정리 및 숫자형식 코드화를 하였다. 추출된 대표 성격 어휘별 얼굴 요소의 형태를 앞서 정리된 코드에 따라 하나의 얼굴 형태로 조합하여 39가지 얼굴을 시각화 하여 마지막으로, 성격별 얼굴 설계 시스템 'FACE'를 제작하였다. 이 연구는 사람의 성격 특성에 따라 그에 맞는 얼굴 형태를 구현하는 시스템을 제작하여 일반 사용자 뿐 아니라 애니메이션 캐릭터 개발자에게 객관적인 도움을 줄 수 있으며 또한 예로부터 내려오는 관상학의 적용 범위를 넓힐 수 있는 가능성을 보여주었다고 할 수 있다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.26 no.3E
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• pp.104-110
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• 2007

As the exploration of the seabed is extended ever further, automated recognition and classification of sonar images become increasingly important. However, most of the methods ignore the directional information and its effect on the image textures produced. To deal with this problem, we apply 2D Gabor filters to extract the features of sonar images. The filters are designed with constrained parameters to reduce the complexity and to improve the calculation efficiency. Meanwhile, at each orientation, the optimal Gabor filter parameters will be selected with the help of bandwidth parameters based on the Fisher criterion. This method can overcome some disadvantages of the traditional approaches of extracting texture features, and improve the recognition rate effectively.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.1162-1168
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• 2005

For raising to the significance of whole Dody form diagnosis, I studied comparatively oriental medicine's whole body form diagnosis, biological evolution and physiognomy. In the oriental medicine, the whole body form diagnosis was recognized a means to deal with 'an individual physiology-pathology' and applied practically 'the typing of whole body form'. The physiognomy was applied to whole body form for the conversion of conception in social science and attached great importance to 'the face of human'. The biological evolution was applied to whole body form for the means by grasping the human individual characteristic, so much as magnified to the size of unconscious body-language(Synergologie, Tells exe.).

• Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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• v.57 no.8
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• pp.99-113
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• 2007

The performing art represents joy, anger, sorrow and pleasure through acting and dance, and is told to be a composite art represented by make-up, setting, costume and props. Therefore, it can be said that make-up is an important medium of stage art. Make-up in stage art is a kind of communication with audiences through understanding personalities of characters as demanded by scenarios. Due to the creative stage make-up which meets the character in the play relevant to these contents of the play, the conceptual study on stage make-up design for visual expression coincide with the intended character is needed. In this study, I investigate theoretical, universal, and psychological personality types by analyzing basic appearance features based on the physiognomy(face-reading) related from the psychological theories. And visualized through illustration according to personality types to apply for the characters in the play.