Rout of Affresco

Research Project

Project/Area Number	01041038
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Overseas Scientific Survey.
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Institution	Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Principal Investigator	KINUTANI Koji Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Assistant Professor, 美術学部, 助教授 (20153158)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	KINUTANI Hiromi Atelier Silky, Institute of the Mural Paintings and Restoration Director, 壁画修復研究所, 所長 OTAKA Yasujiro Atomi Women's College Professor, 文学部, 教授 (70118503)
Project Period (FY)	1989 – 1990
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1989)
Keywords	Mural Painting / Cave Painting / Lascaux / Altamira / Replica / Limestone / Birth of the Painting
Research Abstract	As the 1st field research "Rout of Affresco", we investigated the Cave Paintings of the Palaeolithic era, Magdalenian, in the next places(at august of the year 1989). Our purposes in this research were the topographical features of the cave paintings, the life and expression of palaeolithic man, the conservation and actual state of the cave paintings, and it's contribution to the modern art etc.1.Places: West-south France, les Eyzies(Font-de-Gaume, Cap Blanc), Rouffignac, Grotte de Lascaux,Cahors, Grotte du Pech-Merle. North Spain, Altamira,Puente Viesgo(El Castillo, las Monedas). Madrid, Museo Nacional de Alqueologia. Norway, Skogerveien, Aoskollen. 2. The composition of paintings: We should notice that the paintings are composed by different manners. For example, in Lascaux, the cows and horses of various scales(at maximum 5 meters) are represented freely and juxtaposingly with vigor and abundant colors. But in the case of Altamira, the bizontes are of almost similar size, representes with the regular manner arabesque, making use of uneven surfaces and a few colors. 4. The state of conservation: Now at Lascaux, it's completed the replica "Lascaux II" in which we can appreciate perfectly that deep emotion of the original. 5. The discovery of the cave paintings and it's investigation began from the second half of the last century. These innocent works of the first human beings were one of powers by which the artists have overcome the difficult and impossible situation of modern art from the Renaissance