A CULTURAL HISTORY OF GARDENS IN ANTIQUITY

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The first systematic history of gardens and parks from antiquity to the present dayHighly illustratedEach volume shares the same thematic chapters which allows the reader to follow a theme through historyKathryn Gleason is Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Archaeology at Cornell University. She is coeditor of The Archaeology of Garden and Field and executive editor of Gardens of the Roman Empire.The history of gardens in antiquity is characterized by a rich mix of cultures interacting throughout Europe Africa and Asia. This period from the sixth century BCE to the sixth century CE was foundational to the later periods of garden history. The emergence of advanced horticultural techniques sustained regional and international trade routes and centralized power structures promoted the development of highly sophisticated garden culture in both private and public contexts. New evidence derived from archaeology and fresh analysis of literary and visual sources revises our perspective reminding us that these garden cultures were varied and diverse yet connected through ritual trade conquest and cultural practices in ways we are only beginning to define.A Cultural History of Gardens in Antiquity presents an overview of the period with essays on issues of design types of gardens planting use and reception issue of meaning verbal and visual representations of gardens and the relationship of gardens to the larger landscape.The definitive overview on gardens through history A Cultural History of Gardens covers 2500 years of gardens as physical social and artistic spaces.A Cultural History of Gardens in Antiquity Edited by Kathryn GleasonIntroductionDesign Kathryn Gleason Cornell University USATypes of Gardens Inge Nielsen University of Hamburg GermanyPlantings Lena Landgren Lund University SwedenUse and Reception Elizabeth MacaulayLewis Graduate Center CUNY USAMeaning Katharine T. von Stackelberg Brock University CanadaVerbal Representations Antony R. Littlewood University of Western Ontario Canada and Katharine T. von Stackelberg Brock University CanadaVisual Representations Catherine Kearns Cornell University USAGardens and the Larger Landscape Kelly D. Cook University of Maryland USA and Rachel Foulk Ferris State University USA

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