2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Japano-italian international investigations on the large-size ancient bronze statuaries and fragments conserved in the Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia di Reggio Calabria
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23320045
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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 |
Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
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| Research Institution | International Christian University |
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Principal Investigator |
HADA Koichi 国際基督教大学, キリスト教と文化研究所, 研究員 (30240724)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HASHIMOTO Akio 東京藝術大学, 美術学部, 教授 (10237927)
AKANUMA Kiyoshi 東京藝術大学, 美術学部, 教授 (30267687)
KUROKAWA Hirotake 武蔵野美術大学, 造形学部, 教授 (50366879)
HASEGAWA Katsuyoshi 長岡造形大学, 造形学部, 准教授 (80460319)
KITAGO Satoru 東京藝術大学, 美術学部, 教授 (70242394)
KIRINO Fumiyoshi 東京藝術大学, 美術研究科, 教授 (10334484)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 古代ギリシア / ブロンズ / リアーチェ / 鑄造技術 / 失蝋法 / 鑄造土 / 鉛同位体比 / 再現実験 |
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| Research Abstract |
Technical investigations were carried out into how the Riace Warriors were fabricated, the masterpieces of the Ancient Greek Bronze Statuary (5th c. B.C., Museo Nazionale Archeologico di Reggio Calabria).
During the period we travelled in Europe five times for the direct research on the Riace Bronzes and ca. 40 ancient bronze sculptures. Casting core clay extracted out of the bodies of the two Bronzes and lead served as fixing materials in both hands and feet were also examined and analyzed. Based on the acquired knowledge, we manufactured our original models of the Riace Bronzes, in clay-plaster-plastic, intended to serve in the following experimental reconstruction of the whole statues with the supposed ancient techniques. During the work we deduced and imagined the practical procedures followed by the original Greek sculptors in making their original models. Their method of making wax model has been assumed as essentially indirect lost-wax casting process for both Bronzes.
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