Fundamental Study on Ancient Roman Craft Art - About Terra Sigillata

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370152
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fine art history
• Research Institution: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: MUKAI Tomoo 独立行政法人国立美術館国立西洋美術館, 学芸課, リサーチフェロー (30620463)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 美術史 / 工芸史 / 考古学 / 古代ローマ / 多国籍

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Terra Sigillata is the most famous category of fine ware and it was massively manufactured and diffused throughout the territory of the Empire during Roman times. In research on the Roman civilization of the Western world, it is one of the important topics of study, but its recognition in Japan, where the Mediterranean ceramology does not exist, remains too limited.
The aim of my research is to present the Terra Sigillata to the Japanese researchers of all the fields that work on the Roman civilization. For this purpose, I have systematized the history of research of the Western world and Japanese terms on this subject.
Systematizing the long history of Terra Sigillata is something that is no longer done in research on the Roman civilization of the Western world because of their research segmentation. It is for this reason that this study is of enormous importance for our country, where the study of Roman ceramology has only just begun.

Free Research Field

人文学