The new language of the Severan Architectural Decoration

• Grant number: 24/07348-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2024
• End date: August 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Archeology - Historical Archaeology
• Principal Investigator: Leonardo Fuduli
• Grantee: Ana Clara Ruffino dos Santos
• Host Institution: Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (MAE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/13066-6 - Provincial Roman architecture and decoration during the Severan Age: identity and propaganda, AP.JP
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/20538-0 - Modeling, animation, rendering of architectural decoration of Roman Sicil. Severan Roman capitals from the Syracuse Museum., BE.EP.IC

Abstract

The architectural decoration of the Severan age represents a pivotal moment in the development of Roman architecture. After the neoclassicism of Hadrian, a strong decorativism of Flavian matrix is affirmed in which the hierarchy between the moldings is no longer respected. This new language is used in the official architecture built with imperial funds both in Rome and in the main cities of the empire.