New Open Access Monograph Series: Decorative Principles in Late Republican and Early Imperial Italy

DECOR is the first series that considers decorative phenomena in a comprehensive way. It moves away from the study of single decorative elements in isolation, focusing instead upon their spatial-architectural and visual correlation and integration. This means that the individual studies analyse not only images, but also ornamental forms of decor. As such, they discuss the visual relationship between decorative elements with differing levels of associated semantics. These elements are assessed precisely with regard to their spatial setting. Thus, the series provides new analyses of image-spaces, or rather ‘decor-spaces’, while bringing the perceptual attitudes of the viewer to the fore, as well.

The geographical focus is on Italy, the chronological framework ranges from the 2^nd century B.C. to the late 1^st century A.D. This period saw profound political and social upheaval but also fundamental changes in decorative principles, providing an ideal starting point for analyses of the relationships between shifting forms of action and experience, as well as variations in strategies of decor.

BookOpen Access2021

Materiality in Roman Art and Architecture

Aesthetics, Semantics and Function

Annette Haug, Adrian Hielscher, M. Taylor Lauritsen

Volume 3 in this series

BookOpen Access2021

Principles of Decoration in the Roman World

Annette Haug, M. Taylor Lauritsen, European Research Council (ERC)

Volume 2 in this series

BookOpen Access2020

Decor-Räume in pompejanischen Stadthäusern

Ausstattungsstrategien und Rezeptionsformen

Annette Haug, European Research Council (ERC)

Volume 1 in this series 

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