Verlag: Budding Books, 1998
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Verlag: Budding Books, 1998
ISBN 10: 1840151900 ISBN 13: 9781840151909
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ISBN 10: 1840151900 ISBN 13: 9781840151909
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Verlag: Budding Books, 2000
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Verlag: Phoenix Mill, Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Budding Books, 2000
ISBN 10: 1840151900 ISBN 13: 9781840151909
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Hardcover with dust jacket. Zustand: Sehr gut. 237 p., Ill. Strich auf dem Vorderschnitt, ansonsten ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen. Line on the fore-edge, otherwise a very good and clean copy without markings. - Contents - COLOUR PLATES - PICTURE CREDITS - ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS - CHRONOLOGY - INTRODUCTION - Sources - Chapter One - HISTORICAL BACKGROUND - Gardens in Ancient Egypt; Ancient Mesopotamia; Ancient Greece; Hellenistic gardens; Persian gardens or paradeisos; The Etruscans - Chapter Two - ROMAN HOUSING AND THE GROWTH OF THE GARDEN - Villae rusticae; Gardens in the Roman domus or town house; Villae urbanae and suburbanae - Chapter Three - ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES IN ROMAN GARDEN DESIGN Architectural components of a Roman garden: the peristyle; Paths; Decorative fencing and trellis-work; Ornamental low walls or balustrades; Pergolas; Garden seats and tables; Summer dining couches; Aediculae; Aediculae nymphaea; Façade nymphaea; Walling; Sunken gardens; Terraced gardens; Maritime villas; Gardens of Large and Palatial villas; Hippodrome gardens; Garden pavilions; Diatae or rest rooms; Ornithones or aviaries; Temples and shrines in landscaped areas; Caves and grottos; Nymphaea of basilica form - Chapter Four - ORNAMENTAL POOLS - Water supply; The construction of water basins; Decorative lining of pools; Depth of pools and evidence for the keeping of fish; Ornamental pools of different designs; A suggested typology, following archaeological evidence; Types A, B, C, D, E, F and G - Chapter Five - FOUNTAINS AND FOUNTAIN FIGURES - Urn and bowl fountains; Water stairs; Free-standing water stair fountains; Large fountains; Fountain outlets; Fluvial outlets; Fountain statues; Automata - Chapter Six - GARDEN SCULPTURE - Table I; Catalogue of sculpture found in Roman gardens: Altars; Venus; Priapus; Cupid; Children; Mars and Amazons; Diana and animals; Apollo; Hercules; Bacchus and his entourage; Pan; Muses; Nymphs and River Gods; Rustic genre (mortals); Ephebes, athletes, wrestlers; Herms; Oscilla; Pinakes; Sundials - Chapter Seven - FLORA AND FAUNA IN GARDENS - Kitchen garden plants; Plants for medicines and cordials; Plants used in bee-keeping; Plants used in making perfumes; Flowers and foliage for garlands; Plants for the decorative garden; Frescos used as confirmation of plant species; Archaeological evidence of plant species grown in gardens; Fauna in gardens - Chapter Eight - ROMAN GARDENERS, THEIR TOOLS AND HORTICULTURAL TECHNIQUES - Garden workforce; Gardening tools and equipment; Horticultural techniques - Chapter Nine - NON-RESIDENTIAL GARDENS Gardens in association with dining establishments; Market gardens; Funerary gardens; Public parks; Public portico gardens - Chapter Ten - CONCLUSIONS - Survivals of the Roman garden; Interpretative archaeology and Roman gardens; Features that could be incorporated into a modern garden to evoke the spirit of a Roman garden; A selection of Roman gardens open to the public; Table I: A sample of Ancient Roman Sites as an indication of the range and frequency of garden sculpture; Table II: Garden plants mentioned by Pliny in his Natural History - NOTES - GLOSSARY - BIBLIOGRAPHY - INDEX. ISBN 9781840151909 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 765.
Verlag: Stroud, Budding Books., 2000
ISBN 10: 1840151900 ISBN 13: 9781840151909
25 cm. XVIII, 237 S. mit zahlr. Schwarzweißabb. u. Ilustrationen im Text, 8 Farbtafeln mit 14 Abb. Illustrierter Pappband (Hardcover), Klebebindung. Tadelloses gepflegtes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch.