The Meaning of Building Materials in Late Republican Architecture: Moving from Semantics to Pragmatics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Table of Contents VII
4. Introduction
5. Materiality as Decor: Aesthetics, Semantics and Function 1
6. Surface Matters: ‘True’ and ‘False’ Gloss in Architecture 25
7. Ethical Matters: Pliny the Elder on Material Deception 39
8. Materiality of Architecture: Aesthetics
9. The Humble Material: Masonry and Meaning in Roman Architecture 53
10. Marble Wall Revetment in Central Italy during the First Century A.D.: Aesthetics and Decorative Effects 67
11. Use, Aesthetics and Semantics of Coloured Marble Columns in the Western Mediterranean during the Late Republic and Early Roman Empire 94
12. Hard as Rock and Light as Air: Stucco Ceilings in Roman Domestic Space 112
13. Diverging Trends in the Visual Appearance of Fired Clay in Roman Architecture: ‘Campana Plaques’ and Terracotta Façades 130
14. Materiality of Architecture: Semantics
15. The Meaning of Building Materials in Late Republican Architecture: Moving from Semantics to Pragmatics 150
16. Travertine in Rome: Its Style and Meaning 162
17. Materiality of Objects
18. Four-Legged Marble Tables (mensae) in Pompeian Houses: The Intersection of Function, Aesthetics and Semantics 182
19. Materiality and Object Design and Function: Perspectives from Artefacts 202
20. Non Arte, Sed Naturae? Remarks on Roman Cameos and their Visual Effects 222
21. Roman Basket Urns as Elements in a Transmaterial Design System 244
22. An Age of Intermateriality: Skeuomorphism and Intermateriality Between the Late Republic and Early Empire 264
23. Author Biographies 283