2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Re-examination of the Images of the Renaissance in Western Europe
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11410103
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
KONDO Kazuhiko University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Professor, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 教授 (90011387)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MOTOMURA Ryoji University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Professor, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 教授 (40147880)
KIMURA Seiji University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Professor, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 教授 (20011306)
KABAYAMA Koichi The National Museum of Western Art, President, 館長 (30027544)
KATSUTA Shunsuke University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Assistant, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 助手 (00313180)
SAWADA Noriko Shizuoka University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assistant Professor, 人文学部, 助教授 (50311650)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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| Keywords | Classics / Humanism / Modernity / Sovereign State / Enlightenment / Commonwealth / Civil Society / Popular Culture |
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| Research Abstract |
The studies of Renaissance, i.e. of the transition/transformation of European civilization from medieval to modern, has been a touchstone of historians from the beginning of modern historical science in the nineteenth century. And it remains one of the most significant themes for students of humanities as well.
The research project team has examined the shifting images of Renaissance based upon the recent accumulation of historical researches. Firstly, specialists of Mediterranean antiquity have given a refreshing view of the 'reborn' classical antiquity. Secondly, medieval and early modern historians have given revising views of Renaissance Europe which had growing relations with the non-Europe. The 'discovery of the world and the human' (Burckhardt) continues to develop through the reconnaissance, humanist studies and the reformation into the enlightenment. The relations of Europe with the outer world have come to a circular conclusion by the end of the eighteenth century. This relates to a revision of modernity. Thirdly, the collaborators who commit to the reorganization of contemporary knowledge will continue to contribute to the reconstruction of historical studies from the wider perspective of history of civilization and humanity.
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