Humour in the Late Medieval Northern European Art

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02132
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fine art history
• Research Institution: Yamagata University
• Principal Investigator: MOTOKI KOICHI 山形大学, その他部局等, 名誉教授 (10125669)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ユーモア表現 / ミゼリコルディア / 笑い / 版画 / マクデブルク大聖堂 / トゥティウィルス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Humorous image of the Northern European Art was founded in the smiles of the Gothic sculpture. The smiles are classified into blessed persons, devils, portraits, the dead, and fools, from the viewpoint of the meaning. The smiling faces caused beholders to smile.
We present six elements as following themes to smile; the world upside down, playing games, scatology, sex, animals, and proverbs. The themes were developed interrelating between the art genres. The receptive persons reach from semi-literate to clergymen.

Free Research Field

西洋美術史