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Gardens of the Roman Empire / edited by Wilhelmina F. Jashemski, Kathryn L. Gleason (Cornell University, New York), Kim J. Hartswick (City University of New York), Amina-Aïcha Malek, (The National Center for Scientific Research CNRS, France).
Fine Arts Library SB458.55 .G37 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Garden archaeology.
- Italy--Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Gardens, Roman.
- Gardens--Rome.
- Gardens.
- Garden archaeology--Italy--Rome.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvi, 617 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Contents:
- Part I. The Main Type of Gardens
- Chapter 1. The Garden in the Domus / Eric Morvillez
- Chapter 2. The Roman Villa Garden / Kim J. Hartswick
- Chapter 3. The Archaeology of Gardens in the Roman Villa / Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis
- Chapter 4. Produce Gardens / Wilhelmina F. Jashemski
- Chapter 5. Temple Gardens and Sacred Groves / Maureen Carroll
- Chapter 6. Gardens in Baths and Palaestras / Janet DeLaine - Chapter 7. Gardens in Gymnasia, Schools, and Scholae / Maureen Carroll
- Chapter 8. Roman Tomb Gardens / John Bodel
- Part II. The Experience of Gardens as Revealed by Literature and Art
- Chapter 9. Greek Literary Evidence for Roman Gardens / Antony R. Littlewood
- Chapter 10. Representations of Gardens in Roman Literature / K. Sara Myers
- Chapter 11. Frescoes in Roman Gardens / Bettina Bergmann
- Chapter 12. Mosaics and Nature in the Roman Domus / Amina-Aïcha Malek
- Chapter 13. Sculpture in Ancient Roman Gardens / Kim J. Hartwick
- Part III. Making the Garden
- Chapter 14. Constructing the Ancient Roman Garden / Kathryn L. Gleason, Michele A. Palmer
- Chapter 15. Water and Water Technology in Roman Gardens / Gemma C. M. Jansen
- Chapter 16. Gardening Practices and Techniques / Wilhelmina F. Jashemski
- Chapter 17. Plants of the Roman Garden / Wilhelmina F. Jashemski, Kathryn L. Gleason, Michael Herchenbach
- Chapter 18. Conclusions: New Perspectives on the Roman Garden / Kathryn L. Gleason, Kim J. Hartswick, Amina-Aïcha Malek, Michele A. Palmer
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 554-604) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Dixon Hunt Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780521821612
- 0521821614
- OCLC:
- 973810043
- Publisher Number:
- 99977228065
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