2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study on the possesso of the Renaissance popes

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23520123
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Aesthetics/Art history
Research Institution	Kyushu University
Principal Investigator	KYOTANI Yoshinori 九州大学, 人文科学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (70322063)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	教皇 / 即位儀礼 / ポッセッソ / スペクタクル / アッパラート / 凱旋門 / 活人画
Research Abstract	This study aimed to reconstruct the spectacle of the procession of possesso (cavalcade from Vatican to Lateran church by new elected popes), analyzing official reports of curia, diaries and letters of contemporaries. 1) Decorations of the route of possesso, 2) Ephemeral constructions (apparati in italian) set in the streets, 3) Tableaux Vivants adorned the ephemeral constructions.

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