Abstract
Intermaterial relations between individual genres of material culture are a constant phenomenon in antiquity. There are, however, specific periods of time with particularly strong interdependencies. This applies in particular to the Late Republic and Early Empire (2nd century B.C. - 1st century A.D.). The aim of this paper is to focus on this period from a diachronic perspective by taking into account different genres of ancient ‘art’, such as pottery, glass or marble objects. The analysis of all these genres shows especially that the mere imitation of formal characteristics played a lesser role than the creative appropriation and emulation of these characteristics. In order to tackle the phenomenon of intermaterial relations, the concept of skeuomorphism is abandoned in favour of the art-theoretical concept of ‘intermateriality’, which is introduced and further developed here.
