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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
"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...
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Series
Kulturgeschichte der antiken Welt volume Bd. 66
Publisher
Von Zabern
Pub. Date
©1996
Language
Deutsch
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Publisher
Sutton Pub
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
"Ancient Roman Gardens is the first comprehensive account of gardens and gardening in the Roman period, creating a fascinating new dimension to our understanding and appreciation of life and society in ancient Rome, and adding an important chapter to the history of gardening and horticulture." "Linda Farrar traces the development of Roman gardens from their humble origins as vegetable patches to the sophisticated forms seen at the height of the Empire....
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Series
American architectural books. Supplement based on the Helen Park list volume reel 2, no. A6
Publisher
R. Castell
Pub. Date
1728
Language
English
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