Materiality in Roman art and architecture : aesthetics, semantics and function /

The focus of this volume is on the aesthetics, semantics and function of materials in Roman antiquity between the 2nd century B.C. and the 2nd century A.D. It includes contributions on both architectural spaces (and their material design) and objects - types of 'artefacts' that differ grea...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Anguissola, Anna (Contribuidor), Barker, Simon (Contribuidor), Beck, Dennis (Contribuidor), Busen, Tobias (Contribuidor), Engels, Benjamin (Contribuidor), Flecker, Manuel (Contribuidor), Grawehr, Matthias (Contribuidor), Haug, Annette (Contribuidor, Editor ), Hielscher, Adrian (Contribuidor, Editor ), Lang, Jörn (Contribuidor), Lauritsen, M. Taylor (Editor ), Maschek, Dominik (Contribuidor), Plant, Jessica (Contribuidor), Reinhardt, Arne (Contribuidor), Swift, Ellen (Contribuidor), Wagner, Monika (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2021]
Colección:Decorative Principles in Late Republican and Early Imperial Italy (Decor) , 3
Temas:
To 1500
Art, Roman.
Architecture, Roman.
Artists' materials > History > To 1500.
Dekor.
Materialität.
Objektdesign.
Römisches Architektur.
Art romain.
Architecture romaine.
HISTORY / Ancient / Greece.
Architecture, Roman
Art, Roman
Artists' materials
Materiality.
Roman architecture.
decor and decoration.
object design.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Materiality as Decor: Aesthetics, Semantics and Function
  • Surface Matters: 'True' and 'False' Gloss in Architecture
  • Ethical Matters: Pliny the Elder on Material Deception
  • Materiality of Architecture: Aesthetics
  • The Humble Material: Masonry and Meaning in Roman Architecture
  • Marble Wall Revetment in Central Italy during the First Century A.D.: Aesthetics and Decorative Effects
  • Use, Aesthetics and Semantics of Coloured Marble Columns in the Western Mediterranean during the Late Republic and Early Roman Empire
  • Hard as Rock and Light as Air: Stucco Ceilings in Roman Domestic Space
  • Diverging Trends in the Visual Appearance of Fired Clay in Roman Architecture: 'Campana Plaques' and Terracotta Façades
  • Materiality of Architecture: Semantics
  • The Meaning of Building Materials in Late Republican Architecture: Moving from Semantics to Pragmatics
  • Travertine in Rome: Its Style and Meaning
  • Materiality of Objects
  • Four-Legged Marble Tables (mensae) in Pompeian Houses: The Intersection of Function, Aesthetics and Semantics
  • Materiality and Object Design and Function: Perspectives from Artefacts
  • Non Arte, Sed Naturae? Remarks on Roman Cameos and their Visual Effects
  • Roman Basket Urns as Elements in a Transmaterial Design System
  • An Age of Intermateriality: Skeuomorphism and Intermateriality Between the Late Republic and Early Empire
  • Author Biographies

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