Historical Protagonists on Tangible-Intangible Architectural Ornament[ation] across Spaces and Times
Historical Protagonists on Tangible-Intangible Architectural Ornament[ation] across Spaces and Times

Summary/Abstract: Ornament is how symbolic significance or aesthetic beauty imparts to the utility. Symbolic ornaments are elements for significance; aesthetic ones for beauty. Its meaning has changed with cultural development and conditions. Ornament incorporates an inherent utilitarian form and facilitates a visual system of configuration to grasp and unite multiple meanings. “How did ornaments influence historical spaces and times?” Four protagonists (Vitruvius: Rome, Alberti: Renaissance, Ruskin: 19C, Loos: 20C) posited arguments on the ornament, ranging from representations, architecture, God’s pleasure, economy. This paper investigates these theories underlining ornament as a cultural heritage.

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