Roman Gardens: A Cultural History Book

Imago Hortorum: Introducing the Roman Garden Part 1: Entering Roman Garden Space The Roman Garden: Concept and Object. Conceptual Evolutions: Hortus, Heredium, Horti. Related Garden Terms and Cognitive Features. Villa, Domus and Other Garden Sites. The Roman Garden: Architecture, Ornament and Design. Putting the Inside, Outside: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting and Mosaic. Natural Elements: Earthworks, Water Features, Light and Air Horticulture: Trees, Shrubs, Food and Flowers Part 2: The Logic of Roman Garden Space Social Space and Garden Space, A Theoretical Perspective. Theoretical Approaches: Cognitive Space, Heterotopias, and Thirdspace Architecture, Boundaries and Space Syntax Analysis. Archaeology and Garden Space, A Material Perspective. Archaeology and the Ancient Garden. Gardens and Memory. The Social and Spatial Logic of the Roman Garden. What Kind of Permeability? Framing Garden Space. Permeable to Whom? Class, Status and Gender in the Garden Part 3: Experiencing the Roman Garden Controlled Space: Gardens of Power and Influence. Competition, Domination and Subjugation: The Politics of Horti. Controlling Perceptions: The Garden as Monument and Stage. The Roots of Religion: Gardens of Awe. Garden Altars and Sacred Groves. Green Politics, Totemic Trees Pleasure Gardens: Amoenitas, Otium and Luxuria. Legitimate Otium: Leisure, Health and Recreation in the Garden. Crossing the Boundaries: Luxuria and Transgressive Activities Part 4: Space, Sense and Society: Three Case Studies Passage and Boundary: The House of Octavius Quartio and The House of the Menander. The House of Octavius Quartio: History and Appearance. House of the Menander: History and Appearance. Spatial Logic and Social Sense: Access Analysis Reflexive Reflections: Confronting the Other. A Garden of Letters: Pliny’s Tuscan Villa. Presentation: Pliny, Ep. 5.6 Perception: Rhetoric and Representation. Practice: Mise-en-Scène to Mise-en-Abîme. Politics and Performance: Caligula and the Horti Lamiani. The Horti Lamiani: Topography and History. Polity and Place: Caligula in Rome, AD 40. Fear and Loathing in the Horti Lamiani: Philo’s Legation to Gaius. Conclusion: Gardens Bound and Unbound. Appendix: Relative Asymmetry for the House of Octavius Quartio and the House of the Menander