Galileo's Chandelier - Galileo's Chandelier

Japanese: ガリレイのシャンデリア - がりれいのしゃんでりあ
Galileo's Chandelier - Galileo's Chandelier

...As a result, decorative effects came to be given an important function, and the form gradually became more beautiful, leading to the creation of chandeliers with excellent shapes. Representative examples include the bronze sculpture called the Galileo Chandelier (1584) at the Cathedral of Pisa in Italy, the crystal one at the Palace of Versailles, and the gorgeous colored glass one (Venetian glass) made on the Italian island of Murano and housed at the Glass Museum on the island. The use of chandeliers in Japan began with the introduction of Western-style architecture with high ceilings, and they were first used in buildings such as Christian churches, but they did not become common until the early Meiji period, when many Western-style buildings began to be built. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのために装飾効果が重要な機能として与えられることになり,形式はだんだんと美化され,すぐれた造形のものが作られるようになった。イタリアのピサ大聖堂の〈ガリレイのシャンデリア〉(1584)と呼ばれる青銅彫刻製のものやベルサイユ宮殿の水晶製のもの,イタリアのムラノ島で製作された同島のガラス美術館所蔵の華麗な色ガラス製のもの(ベネチア・ガラス)などは,その代表的な例である。 日本でのシャンデリアの使用は,天井の高い洋風建築の導入とともに始まり,初めはキリスト教会などの建物に使用されたが,一般化してきたのは洋風建築が多く建てられるようになった明治初期からであった。…

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