2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Research on the architectural heritage of medieval churches and monasteries around the Black Sea region; architectural development and conservation.

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	24760528
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Architectural history/design
Research Institution	Independent Administrative Institution National Institutes for Cultural Heritage Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
Principal Investigator	SUZUKI Tamaki 独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京文化財研究所, その他部局等, 研究員 (20523757)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	谷口陽子筑波大学, 人文社会学研究科, 准教授 (40392550)
Research Collaborator	VASILIEV Ivan Balkan Heritage Foundation, Director GÖLYUZ Murat Nevsehir Museum, Director 柴田みな東京文化財研究所, 文化遺産国際協力センター, アシスタント樋口諒東京工業大学, 工学研究科清水信宏メケレ大学, 先史環境遺産保護研究所遺産保護学科, 講師
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Keywords	黒海 / 組積造 / 東方キリスト教 / ビザンツ / 教会 / 修道院 / 文化遺産 / 保存修復
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This research focuses on the medieval churches and monasteries around the Black sea region; Balkan, Turkey and Caucasus. The process of architectural development had ever been aligned on the style from byzantine to post byzantine. However this research reviewed it from the aspect of construction technique by using data obtained from thorough field works. Collaborated with local institutions, especially Balkan Heritage Field School, the architecture and mural paintings of medieval churches and monasteries along Bulgaria-Serbian border area, was surveyed. In Turkey, the research of the medieval rock cave monasteries was done in Cappadocia. From these field researches, the database of the architecture and mural paintings was created. By using this database, the construction process of the monuments and their deterioration process were analyzed in detail. The research result will be an important data for future conservation and management of these monuments as cultural heritage.
Free Research Field	建築史、文化遺産保護