Study of the Early Polychrome Wooden Statues of the Sacred Mountain of Varallo

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12829
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fine art history
• Research Institution: Sojo University
• Principal Investigator: SEKINE Hiroko 崇城大学, 芸術学部, 教授 (10553589)
• Research Collaborator: MIZUOCHI Atsumi
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: ヴァラッロ / サクロ・モンテ / 彩色木彫

Outline of Final Research Achievements

From 2015 to 2018 (extension for one more year, substantially for three years), to place exactly the early wooden polychrome statues of the Sacred Mountain of Varallo, one of the world cultural heritages, in the Italian art history, I made on-the-spot surveys, took pictures and gathered research materials of those wooden statues from the Middle Ages to around the 17th century not only at Varallo, but also at churches and museums in many cities in the northwest Italy. And identified those wooden sculptures and comprehended their present conditions, I tried to clarify the structure, the makers and the ages of production of those statues. Still more, for a part of the results, I gave an oral presentation at an academic conference in 2016 and I published a paper in an academic journal in 2018.

Free Research Field

人文学（美術史・芸術学）

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、従来等閑視されてきたヴァラッロの最初期の彩色木彫群を美術史に正しく位置づけるため、また、同様に等閑に付されてきた北西イタリアに現存する中世末期から17世紀頃にかけての彩色木彫群の実態や現状を把握するための基礎研究であった。広域に及んだ本調査・研究によって、世界遺産に登録されたサクロ・モンテ群のうちの一施設・ヴァラッロのサクロ・モンテの初期の彩色木彫群と北西イタリアの各所に現存する主要な彩色木彫群の実見による同定や、保存・修復状況並びに各作品の調査・研究の現状把握は概ね達成されたと思われる。