"Landscape emerged as a significant theme in the Roman Late
Republican and Early Imperial periods. Writers described landscape
in texts and treatises, its qualities were praised and sought out
in everyday life, and contemporary perceptions of the natural and
built environment, as well as ideas about nature and art, were
intertwined with architectural and decorative trends. This
generously illustrated volume examines how representations of real
and depicted landscapes, and the merging of both in visual space,
contributed to the creation of novel languages of art and
architecture. Drawing on a diverse body of archaeological, art
historical, and literary evidence, this study applies a
groundbreaking ecocritical lens that moves beyond the limits of
traditional iconography. Chapters consider, for example, how garden
designs and paintings appropriated the cultures and ecosystems
brought under Roman control and the ways miniature landscape
paintings chronicled the transformation of the Italian shoreline
with colonnaded villas, pointing to the changing relationship of
humans with nature. Making a timely and original contribution to
current discourses on ecology and art and architectural history,
Shaping Roman Landscape reveals how Roman ideas of landscape, and
the decorative strategies at imperial domus</> and villa
complexes that gave these ideas shape, were richly embedded with
meanings of nature, culture, and labor. " "A fresh and original
perspective on Roman landscape painting and architecture, this book
integrates these artistic forms into an ecocritical approach
examining Roman attitudes toward landscape and nature more broadly.
It confirms my belief that art and material culture truly come
alive as essential sources for understanding the ancient world when
studied within the complete tapestry of ancient life experience and
thought. The book's exquisite presentation, complemented by a
wealth of stunning images, adds an extra layer of enjoyment to the
reading experience."-Barbara E. Borg, Professor of Classical
Archeology, Scuola Normale Superiore "Combining a deep
understanding of ancient architecture and visual culture with
ecocritical approaches to environmental design, Shaping Roman
Landscape offers a fresh and timely account of the relationship
between landscape, representation, and empire in Roman Italy.
Through astute and beautifully illustrated analysis, Mantha
Zarmakoupi carefully navigates shifting tensions between the Roman
elite’s sensitivity to nature and climate, on one hand, and their
urge to master and aestheticize both space and people and flora and
fauna, on the other."—Verity Platt, Professor of Classics and
History of Art, Cornell University
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