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A Field Survey and Research on the Mural Paintings of the Brihadisvara Temple at Thaniavur in India

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17520085
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Aesthetics/Art history
Research InstitutionKyoto City University of Arts

Principal Investigator

SADAKANE Keiji  Kyoto City University of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Professor (40135497)

Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2007
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,610,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
KeywordsArt History / Oriental History / India / Hinduism / Mural Painting / Temple Architecture
Research Abstract

In ancient India, the secular art made progress mainly in the form of mural painting. Indian mural paintings, however, built up the intimate relationship with religions through the mediaeval period. Especially in the south India, mediaeval Hindu temples were generally adorned with mural paintings. Indian mediaeval art reached the stylistic zenith in every part of India toward the early eleventh century. The Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur, built at the beginning of the eleventh century, is representative of the mediaeval Hindu temple art. The mural paintings in the passageway surrounding the sanctuary of the temple show distinctly what the mediaeval south Indian paining accomplished. They possess two significant stylistic features. One is that they preserve various elements of the ancient mural paintings in respect of depictions of human figures as well as animal ones. For example, human and animal figures are represented in various stances and painted using the technique of shading. The other is that spacious surfaces of the walls are not dealt with in the unified and organic composition like that of the ancient times, but they are completely divided into a lot of strata or compartments. The latter is the most typical characteristic of the mediaeval mural painting in India. It may be safely said that it set the direction of development of the mediaeval south Indian mural painting after that time.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2007 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2006 Annual Research Report
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2007 2006 2005

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (5 results) Book (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] 教王護国寺蔵〈伝真言院曼茶羅〉の再検討2006

    • Author(s)
      定金 計次
    • Journal Title

      曽布川寛編『中國美術の圖像學』

      Pages: 411-472

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] アジャンター壁画における古典様式の成立と変質2006

    • Author(s)
      定金 計次
    • Journal Title

      芸術学フォーラム4東洋の美術

      Pages: 39-58

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A Reexamination of the So Called " Singon-in Mandalas2006

    • Author(s)
      Sadakane, Keiji
    • Journal Title

      The Iconography of Chinese Art, Institute for Research in Humanities (Kyoto University)

      Pages: 411-472

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] The Birth and Decline of the Classical Style in the Ajanta Murals2006

    • Author(s)
      Sadakane, Keiji
    • Journal Title

      Oriental Art (The Science of Arts, Keiso-shobo) Volume 4

      Pages: 39-58

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] The Rise and Fall of Civilizations and Art on the Silk Road2005

    • Author(s)
      Kojima, Kenjiro, others
    • Journal Title

      Yuzankaku

      Pages: 341-341

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] インド古代絵画とアジャンター壁画2007

    • Author(s)
      定金 計次
    • Organizer
      シルクロード・奈良国際シンポジウム2007
    • Place of Presentation
      奈良県新公会堂
    • Year and Date
      2007-12-08
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 古代インド美術に見られるアビシェーカ2005

    • Author(s)
      定金 計次
    • Organizer
      日本南アジア学会第18回全国大会
    • Place of Presentation
      龍谷大学
    • Year and Date
      2005-10-02
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Scenes of the Abhiseka represented in the Ancient Indian Art2005

    • Author(s)
      Sadakane, Keiji
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies
    • Place of Presentation
      Ryukoku University
    • Year and Date
      2005-10-02
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] 教王護国寺蔵〈伝真言院曼茶羅〉の再検討2005

    • Author(s)
      定金 計次
    • Organizer
      第58回美術史学会全国大会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪大学
    • Year and Date
      2005-05-28
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] A Reexamination of the So Called " Singon-in Mandalas2005

    • Author(s)
      Sadakane, Keiji
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of the Japan Art History Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Osaka University
    • Year and Date
      2005-05-28
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 芸術学フォーラム 4 東洋の美術2006

    • Author(s)
      山岡泰造
    • Total Pages
      408
    • Publisher
      勁草書房
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 中国美術の図像学2006

    • Author(s)
      曽布川寛
    • Total Pages
      573
    • Publisher
      京都大学人文学研究所
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] シルクロードのロマンと文明の興亡2005

    • Author(s)
      定金 計次
    • Total Pages
      341
    • Publisher
      雄山閣
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] シルクロードのロマンと文明の興亡2005

    • Author(s)
      児島建次郎, 定金計次, 他4名
    • Total Pages
      341
    • Publisher
      雄山閣
    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2005-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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