Roman Gardens
A Cultural History
Price: $110.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-43823-0
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1st June 2009 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 224
About the Book
The Romans treated their gardens much as we do: as idyllic retreats from urban living. The Romans developed ornamental horticulture to high standards which we recognise, and often imitate, today.
This is the ultimate guide to ancient gardens: it is the first full-length study of Roman gardens to combine literary and archaeological evidence with space theory, making it a truly original approach.
In separate sections, this valuable book:
- Places the Roman garden in social and political context with examinations of Regal, Republican and Imperial Romans’ relationship with their gardens
- Reveals the mechanics of garden design, architecture and decoration
- Develops and fully explains a spatial theory of Roman gardens with an incorporation of gamma map analysis
- Reveals what we can know about gardens from Roman literature
- Brings the Roman garden to life with analysis of how they were used for health and leisure activities
- Includes a three separate case studies
This book will make a valuable addition to the growing scholarship in ancient gardens and will complement courses on Roman history, landscape archaeology and environmental history.
Table of Contents
Introduction – Garden Space in the Ancient World. Reassessing the Roman Garden. Origins and Influences. 1. Introducing the Roman Garden. History. Garden Design: Architectural Elements. Garden Design. 2. Critical Analysis: Towards a Spatial Theory of Roman Gardens. Space Theory: what have gardens got to do with it? Archaeology and Garden Space 3. The Social and Spatial Logic of the Roman Garden. Case Study: Passage and Boundary: The House of Loreius Tiburtinus 4. Hortus: Cabbages and Kings. The Hortus in Prose. The Hortus in Drama and Poetry.
The Hortus and Related Garden Space. Case Study: A Garden of Letters: Pliny 5.6 5. Experiential Perspectives of Roman Garden Space. Power and Control. Awe. Leisure and Pleasure. Case Study: The Transgressive Garden: the Horti Luculliani. Conclusion – The Legacy of the Roman Garden
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