The Roman Garden: Space, Sense, and Society

by Katharine T. Von Stackelberg

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415438233
• ISBN13: 9780415438230
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"