Conoissers and ordinary people in Seventeenth Century Roman Art Scene

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02156
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fine art history
• Research Institution: Fukuoka University
• Principal Investigator: Urakami Masashi 福岡大学, 人文学部, 教授 (60185080)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 庶民と絵画 / バロック期の聖画像 / 庶民と聖画像 / １７世紀ローマ美術理論 / ドメニキーノ / 詩人マリーノと模倣論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

After the Counter-Reformation, Roman churches were decorated with many new altarpieces, and ordinary people came to appreciate them. In seventeenth century Rome, painting as decoration was popular even among not-so-rich people, so they became familiar with this art more than ever. They not only adored but also enjoyed sacred paintings.
In this research, I considered from various points of view how ordinary people of seventeenth century Rome saw new sacred images exposed in churches, and how painters accommodated tastes and needs of this new ‘client’. On the research focused mainly on the works of Domenichino, I concluded that it is indispensable to take into consideration active role of roman ordinary people to evaluate properly sacred paintings made in this period for Roman churches.

Free Research Field

西洋美術史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の最大の成果は、１７世紀ローマ美術界で、庶民も積極的に芸術として絵画を評価するようになっていたということを、具体的事例に即して検証したことにある。従来、聖堂を訪れて祭壇画を見る庶民は、単に描かれた聖画像をそのままに受け入れるだけであったと考えられていたが、本研究によって、バロック時代の庶民と芸術の関係に関する長い間検討されることもなかった固定観念に一席を都怖じることができた。