Avignon Arts Festival - Avignon Arts Festival

Japanese: アビニョン芸術フェスティバル - あびにょんげいじゅつふぇすてぃばる
Avignon Arts Festival - Avignon Arts Festival

...The Pont Saint-Bénézet, which is said to have been built in 1177, was washed away midway through, leaving only its remains to this day, but it is known as the bridge on which children dance in the French folk song "The Pont d'Avignon." In modern times, in addition to functioning as an administrative center, it is also known for the Avignon Arts Festival, which was established after World War II, and its avant-garde theater performances and "sound and light spectacles" held in the courtyard of the former Papal Palace are gaining more and more recognition every year. [Kouichi Kabayama]
[art]
As a result of the relocation of the Papacy, Italian painters such as Martini and Matteo Giovanetti (date of birth and death unknown) were invited to move there between 1340 and 1350, and Italian culture flourished in the Papal Palace (with Giovanetti and others working on the mural decorations).

*Some of the terms used in reference to the Avignon Arts Festival are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…伝説上1177年架設とされるサン・ベネゼ橋は中途で流失したまま,残骸を現在にのこしているが,この橋はフランス民謡《アビニョンの橋》で子どもたちが踊る橋として知られている。現代にあっては,行政上の中心として機能するほか,第2次大戦後発足したアビニョン芸術フェスティバルをもって知られ,旧教皇庁の中庭でおこなわれる前衛劇,および〈音と光のスペクタクル〉は,年々評価が高まっている。【樺山 紘一】
[美術]
 教皇庁が移された結果,1340‐50年ころにかけて,イタリアの画家マルティーニ,ジョバネッティMatteo Giovanetti(生没年不詳)などが相次いで招かれて移り住み,教皇宮殿(ジョバネッティなどがその壁画装飾にあたる)を舞台に,イタリア文化が花開いた。…

※「アビニョン芸術フェスティバル」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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