The Gardens of Lucullus

The Gardens of Lucullus
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Total Pages : 275
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ISBN-10 : 0971152004
ISBN-13 : 9780971152007
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis The Gardens of Lucullus by : Richard L. Tierney

Gardens of the Roman Empire

Gardens of the Roman Empire
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 656
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ISBN-10 : 9781108327039
ISBN-13 : 1108327036
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Gardens of the Roman Empire by : Wilhelmina F. Jashemski

In Gardens of the Roman Empire, the pioneering archaeologist Wilhelmina F. Jashemski sets out to examine the role of ancient Roman gardens in daily life throughout the empire. This study, therefore, includes for the first time, archaeological, literary, and artistic evidence about ancient Roman gardens across the entire Roman Empire from Britain to Arabia. Through well-illustrated essays by leading scholars in the field, various types of gardens are examined, from how Romans actually created their gardens to the experience of gardens as revealed in literature and art. Demonstrating the central role and value of gardens in Roman civilization, Jashemski and a distinguished, international team of contributors have created a landmark reference work that will serve as the foundation for future scholarship on this topic. An accompanying digital catalogue will be made available at: www.gardensoftheromanempire.org.

Rome and the Literature of Gardens

Rome and the Literature of Gardens
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 210
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ISBN-10 : 9781472502520
ISBN-13 : 1472502523
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Rome and the Literature of Gardens by : Victoria Emma Pagán

"Rome and the Literature of Gardens" explores the garden as a powerful locus of transformation and transgression in the "De Re Rustica" of Columella, the "Satires" of Horace, the "Annals" of Tacitus, and the "Confessions" of Saint Augustine. In keeping with the approach of this series, a concluding chapter examines the reincarnation of these expressions in the contemporary plays "Arcadia" and "The Invention of Love" by Tom Stoppard. Many books on gardens in ancient Rome concentrate on either technical agricultural manuals, or pastoral poetry, or the physical remains of Roman gardens. Instead, this book considers images of gardens from a kaleidoscope of genres, especially those that the Romans made their own: satire, annalistic history, and autobiography. This atypical approach makes a unique contribution to the field of Latin literature and garden history, bridging the gap between material culture and cultural history.

The Gardens of Italy

The Gardens of Italy
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Total Pages : 428
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ISBN-10 : PRNC:32101074396738
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Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis The Gardens of Italy by : Evelyn March Phillipps

Gift of Albert R. Martin.

Lucullus

Lucullus
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9781134968558
ISBN-13 : 1134968558
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Lucullus by : Arthur Keaveney

This is the first biography in English of Lucullus, one of Rome's greatest soldiers, traditionally considered a degenerate. Paring back the legends and misconceptions surrounding his name, the book examines Lucullus as a soldier, politician and aesthete. Inheritor of the ideals of his friend Sulla, his career spans the last years of the Roman republic when it was governed under the constitution the dictator had devised. Through the eyes of Lucullus, the failure of that constitution is depicted.

The Untold History of the Roman Emperors

The Untold History of the Roman Emperors
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Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-10 : 9781502619112
ISBN-13 : 1502619113
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis The Untold History of the Roman Emperors by : Michael Kerrigan

The Caesars were the rulers of the Roman Empire, a Republic so large it encompassed parts of Asia and Northern Africa. From Caligula to Claudius, each emperor wielded immense power – for good or for evil, depending on their temperament – over the Roman army and their citizens. This book highlights the lives of some of the more memorable Caesars of Rome and the true history that exist beneath the legends.

The Roman Garden

The Roman Garden
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9781134071654
ISBN-13 : 1134071655
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis The Roman Garden by : Katharine T. von Stackelberg

This innovative book is the first comprehensive study of ancient Roman gardens to combine literary and archaeological evidence with contemporary space theory. It applies a variety of interdisciplinary methods including access analysis, literary and gender theory to offer a critical framework for interpreting Roman gardens as physical sites and representations. The Roman Garden: Space, Sense, and Society examines how the garden functioned as a conceptual, sensual and physical space in Roman society, and its use as a vehicle of cultural communication. Readers will learn not only about the content and development of the Roman garden, but also how they promoted memories and experiences. It includes a detailed original analysis of garden terminology and concludes with three case studies on the House of Octavius Quartio and the House of the Menander in Pompeii, Pliny’s Tuscan garden, and Caligula’s Horti Lamiani in Rome. Providing both an introduction and an advanced analysis, this is a valuable and original addition to the growing scholarship in ancient gardens and will complement courses on Roman history, landscape archaeology and environmental history.

The Roman Garden

The Roman Garden
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 347
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ISBN-10 : 9781134071647
ISBN-13 : 1134071647
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis The Roman Garden by : Katharine T. von Stackelberg

This innovative book is the first comprehensive study of ancient Roman gardens to combine literary and archaeological evidence with contemporary space theory. It applies a variety of interdisciplinary methods including access analysis, literary and gender theory to offer a critical framework for interpreting Roman gardens as physical sites and representations. The Roman Garden: Space, Sense, and Society examines how the garden functioned as a conceptual, sensual and physical space in Roman society, and its use as a vehicle of cultural communication. Readers will learn not only about the content and development of the Roman garden, but also how they promoted memories and experiences. It includes a detailed original analysis of garden terminology and concludes with three case studies on the House of Octavius Quartio and the House of the Menander in Pompeii, Pliny’s Tuscan garden, and Caligula’s Horti Lamiani in Rome. Providing both an introduction and an advanced analysis, this is a valuable and original addition to the growing scholarship in ancient gardens and will complement courses on Roman history, landscape archaeology and environmental history.

The Gardens of Sallust

The Gardens of Sallust
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9780292749542
ISBN-13 : 0292749546
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis The Gardens of Sallust by : Kim J. Hartswick

Pleasure gardens, or horti, offered elite citizens of ancient Rome a retreat from the noise and grime of the city, where they could take their leisure and even conduct business amid lovely landscaping, architecture, and sculpture. One of the most important and beautiful of these gardens was the horti Sallustiani, originally developed by the Roman historian Sallust at the end of the first century B.C. and later possessed and perfected by a series of Roman emperors. Though now irrevocably altered by two millennia of human history, the Gardens of Sallust endure as a memory of beauty and as a significant archaeological site, where fragments of sculpture and ruins of architecture are still being discovered. In this ambitious work, Kim Hartswick undertakes the first comprehensive history of the Gardens of Sallust from Roman times to the present, as well as its influence on generations of scholars, intellectuals, and archaeologists. He draws from an astonishing array of sources to reconstruct the original dimensions and appearance of the gardens and the changes they have undergone at specific points in history. Hartswick thoroughly discusses the architectural features of the garden and analyzes their remains. He also studies the sculptures excavated from the gardens and discusses the subjects and uses of many outstanding examples.

An Encyclopaedia of Gardening

An Encyclopaedia of Gardening
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Total Pages : 1344
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ISBN-10 : NLS:B000072503
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis An Encyclopaedia of Gardening by : John Claudius Loudon