Swift, Ellen (2022) Materiality and Object Design and function: perspectives from artefacts. In: Haug, Annette and Hielscher, Adrian and Lauritsen, M. Taylor, eds. Materiality in Roman Art and Architecture: Aesthetics, Semantics and Function. Decor: Decorative Principles in Late Republican and Early Imperial Italy . De Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 203-221. ISBN 978-3-11-076290-7. E-ISBN 978-3-11-076473-4. (doi:10.1515/9783110764734-012) (KAR id:93400)
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Abstract
The aesthetic qualities of materials used for artefacts have rarely been considered, and aesthetics in relation to the functionality of objects is especially neglected. The paper addresses these issues through an examination of a particular object category, vessels and containers, with a focus on three types of materials, namely glass, metal and organic materials. Firstly, definitions relating to aesthetics are discussed, followed by an overview of our knowledge of aesthetic cultural values in the Roman period. The paper then investigates evidence, principally from the surviving objects of the early Roman period, but also drawing on written sources, that allows us to gain an understanding of the ways that these materials may have been aesthetically valued in contemporary culture. It finally considers the social functions of the aesthetic features of artefacts.
Item Type: | Book section |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1515/9783110764734-012 |
Additional information: | The volume is Gold Open Access |
Uncontrolled keywords: | aesthetics, material culture, Roman finds, Roman art |
Subjects: |
C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CB History of civilization C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology N Visual Arts > N Visual arts (General). For photography, see TR N Visual Arts > NK Decorative arts. Applied arts. Decoration and ornament |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > Department of Classical and Archaeological Studies |
Depositing User: | Ellen Swift |
Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2022 15:02 UTC |
Last Modified: | 04 May 2022 13:43 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/93400 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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