The Space Performance Created by Agnolo Gaddi in the Basilica of Santa Croce

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  • アーニョロ・ガッディによるサンタ･クローチェ教会主礼拝堂内の空間演出について
  • アーニョロ・ガッディによるサンタ・クローチェ教会主礼拝堂内の空間演出について : 壁画に用いられた工芸的装飾技法と堂内に射す陽光の関係から
  • アーニョロ ・ ガッディ ニ ヨル サンタ ・ クローチェ キョウカイシュ レイハイドウナイ ノ クウカン エンシュツ ニ ツイテ : ヘキガ ニ モチイラレタ コウゲイテキ ソウショク ギホウ ト ドウナイ ニ サス ヨウコウ ノ カンケイ カラ
  • ―壁画に用いられた工芸的装飾技法と堂内に射す陽光の関係から―
  • The Study of the Decorative Art Techniques in Gaddi’s Fresco and Its Relationship with the Sunlight in the Chapel

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We can see the vestiges of decorative art techniques in which metallic leaves are lavishly used in ‘The Legend of the True Cross’ painted by Agnolo Gaddi in the Basilica of Santa Croce, Italy. However, since the birth of the fresco to the present day (more than 600 years later), the majority of the colors have faded or turned black and we are unable to see it’s original form. The implementation of these techniques into the fresco is not just a desire to create a metallic motif or decoration for expressing deific subjects inspired by the cycle in ‘The Legend of the True Cross’ by Jacobus de Voragine. I hypothesize about the possibility that Agnolo Gaddi used these metallic leaf techniques efficiently to create a sacred space of light inside the Basilica. In this study, I first demonstratively showed the visual effects of the light of the metallic leaves through restoring the decorative art. Then I discuss how Agnolo Gaddi presented the space in the church through his allocation of these techniques within the fresco in conjunction with the sunlight within the main chapel.

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