1st Edition

The Roman Garden Space, Sense, and Society

By Katharine T. von Stackelberg Copyright 2009
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

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,... Read more

Imago Hortorum: Introducing the Roman Garden  Part 1: Entering Roman Garden Space  Part 2: The Logic of Roman Garden Space  Part 3: Experiencing the Roman Garden  Part 4: Space, Sense and Society: Three Case Studies  Conclusion: Gardens Bound and Unbound. 

Biography

Katharine T. von Stackelberg

"Katharine von Stackelberg’s book on Roman gardens offers an engaging and welcome contribution to an emerging interest in cultivated ancient landscapes. . . any classicist studying gardens, landscapes, and even the Roman domus will find Stackelberg’s contribution a must-read, even if the reader is not (yet) versed in cognitive or space theory. Stackelberg well demonstrates the multivalency, complexity, and critical social role of Roman garden spaces and the experience of them. In a sense, then, and in so doing, Stackelberg brings Roman gardens back to life."
- Gillian McIntosh, San Francisco State University, in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.07.56