The Gardens of Sallust: A Changing Landscape
ISBN-13:
9780292714328
ISBN-10:
0292714327
Edition:
New edition
Author:
Kim J. Hartswick
Publication date:
2006
Publisher:
University of Texas Press
Format:
Paperback
233 pages
Category:
Landscape
,
Architecture
,
History
,
Arts History & Criticism
,
Ancient Civilizations History
,
World History
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ISBN-13:
9780292714328
ISBN-10:
0292714327
Edition:
New edition
Author:
Kim J. Hartswick
Publication date:
2006
Publisher:
University of Texas Press
Format:
Paperback
233 pages
Category:
Landscape
,
Architecture
,
History
,
Arts History & Criticism
,
Ancient Civilizations History
,
World History
Summary
The Gardens of Sallust: A Changing Landscape (ISBN-13: 9780292714328 and ISBN-10: 0292714327), written by authors
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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 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.
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