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Research on the Sistine Chapel Ceiling Painting of Michelangelo

Research Project

Project/Area Number 63041015
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
SectionField Research
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

TANAKA Hidemichi  Faculty of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University, 文学部, 助教授 (80000397)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YOSHINO Akira  Faculty of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University, 文学部, 助手 (10210741)
ASOU Hideho  Tokyo University of fine Arts, 美術学部, 教授 (30015276)
NAGAO Shigetake  Musasino University of fine art, 造形学部, 教授 (30011167)
NAKAE Akira  University of Osaka Prefecture, 総合科学部, 助教授 (20079007)
WAKAKUWA Midori  Chiba University, 教養部, 教授 (30015234)
Project Period (FY) 1988 – 1990
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1990)
Budget Amount *help
¥33,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥33,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥13,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1989: ¥13,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1988: ¥7,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,000,000)
KeywordsRefreshed colors / Fourfold Elements / "Philosophy" by Raphael / Punteggiato / Incisione / The three periods of the execution
Research Abstract

The recent restoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling paintings by Michelangelo allows us to discover a new aspect of frescoes from both esthetic and a technical point of view. The close observation of the surface of his fresco paintings, permitted by Vatican authorities to scholers allowed on the high scaffoldings, permit us to open a new discussion about iconographocal and technical problems. In particular the colors are remarkably changed after the restoration. The refreshed colors solicite us now to reconsider the meanings, which Michelangelo originally intended to express. For example, the restoration, for the first time clearly that the following four colors of cloth represent those of Fourfold Elements, these colors are identical to those used by Raphael in the Four Elements colors in the allegorical figures of Philosophy in the Stanza della Segnatura. After examination of all of the figures of these ceiling paintings, one concludes that they mainly represent the personification … More of four generations, of four temperaments, or of four times as the basic structures following the biblical story.
Using the cartoon, there are two techniques for the preparation of fresco painting ; "spolvero" with dots, and "incisione" with lines. In the case of the Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco, Michelangelo also used direct touch in the Lunetto. But the mew observations on this occasion revealed that the techniqueused by him is different from ordinary fresoes. His technique was not "spolvero" but "punteggiato" . From this point of view in the central scenes, between the "Creation of Adam" and the "Separation of sky and Water", it is possible to examine the same changes in technique.
The former scenes shows the "punteggiato" for God and "incisione" for Adam, but in the latter scene we can only "incisione", as in the two other scenes. We can also recognize the difference of style between the three Adam and Eve scenes and the creations of God. Consequently we can distinguish the different styles between the scenes. Less

Report

(1 results)
  • 1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

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All Publications (15 results)

  • [Publications] 田中 英道: "II Giudizio Universale di Michelangelo e i disegni per Cavalieri" Annuario. XVII. (1980-1981)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 田中 英道: "ミケランジェロ作「ノアの物語」ーヴァチカン、システィナ礼拝堂天井・壁画調査報告第2回" 美術史学. 9. 1-76 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 田中 英道: "ミケランジェロ作、預言者・巫女像ーシスティナ礼拝堂天井・壁画調査報告第3回" 美術史学. 10. 29-74 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 田中 英道: "ミケランジェロ作、「民族の英雄達」と「キリストの祖先達」(第1期) ーシスティナ礼拝堂天井壁画調査報告、第4回" 美術史学. 11. 15-50 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 若桑 みどり: "ミケランジェロの作品における「立方石」の意味" 美術史. 126. 202-216 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 田中 英道: "ミケランジェロ作「アダムとエヴァ」3場面と第2期の諸図像について ーシスティナ礼拝堂天井・壁画調査報告、第5回" 美術史学. 12. 33-74 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hidemichi TANAKA: "A New Observation on Sistine Chapel Paintings by Michelangelo After the Restration" Annuario. XXII. (1990-1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 長尾 重武: "『ミケランジェロのロ-マ』" 丸善株式会社,

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 田中 英道: "『イタリア美術史』" 岩崎美術社, 1-650 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hidemichi TANAKA: "II Giudizio Universale di Michelangelo e i design per Cavalieri" Annuario. XVII. (1980)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hidemichi TANAKA: "Spandrels and Lunettes of Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo (the first period 1580-1509)" Art Hlstory. 11. 15-50 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hidemichi TANAKA: "Michelangelo's Second Period Paintingsw in the Sistine Chapel" Art History. 12. 33-74 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 21Hidemichi TANAKA: "A New Observation on Sistine Chapel Paintings by Michelangelo After the Restration" Annuario. XXII. (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Midori WAKAKUWA: "The Meaning of the <Cubic Stone> in the Works of Michelangelo" Bijutushi. vol. 38 No. 2. 202-216 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hidemichi TANAKA: "Michelangelo in his Youth" Kodansha. (1980)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary

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