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 as a conceptual; sensual and physical space in Roman society; and its use as a vehicle of cultural communication. Readers will learn not only about the content and development of the Roman garden; but also how they promoted memories and experiences. It includes a detailed original analysis of garden terminology and concludes with three case studies on the House of Octavius Quartio and the House of the Menander in Pompeii; Pliny’s Tuscan garden; and Caligula’s Horti Lamiani in Rome. Providing both an introduction and an advanced analysis; this is a valuable and original addition to the growing scholarship in ancient gardens and will complement courses on Roman history; landscape archaeology and environmental history.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Lewis WuREAAAAAAALLy fun =D1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Dig itBy Davey AndersonI love this book. I owned it before but a friend wanted to learn all the sweet little classical pieces I would play. so I lent it to him. never to be seen again. So I just repurchased it again to brush back up on my Bach.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Good but not excellent.By StevePros: Easy to follow. each hand fingering is marked very clearly(something a lot of books miss).Cons: Maybe 5-6 songs out of the 20 are interesting. only a short section of each song is in the book.Flight of the Bumble Bee is very short. Jesu has part of the first verse. I would have liked to see the complete songs in the book. I did like the explicit fingerings shown in the book which cuts down practice time. This book is decent but not the end all speed book. I would still buy Daves other books. as this is a decent book.BTW Speed mechanics for lead guitar by Stetina has a complete version of Flight of the Bumble Bee.
