Main entry:

Hartswick, Kim J.

Title & Author:

The gardens of Sallust : a changing landscape / Kim J. Hartswick.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004.

Description:

xii, 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Topography and History. Location and topography ; Boundaries ; The original owner : C. Sallustius Crispus ; Inheritors of Sallust's gardens ; Imperial properties ; Plantings in garden estates ; The Hortus as self-display ; Post-antique period ; The Ludovisi ; Josef Spithoever ; The 1880's "building fever" and its aftermath -- The Architecture of the Gardens. The Destailleur plan and pertinent ancient remains ; The "vestibule" in the Piazza Sallustio ; An obelisk ; Wall(s) of niches ; A cryptoporticus ; The so-called circus of flora ; Temples of Venus -- Sculptural Finds. Artemis, Iphigenia, and a hind ; Niobids ; Gauls ; The world of Dionysos ; "Nymphs" and candelabra ; The Ludovisi and Boston "thrones" ; Ludovisi "throne" : discovery and early theories ; Boston "throne" : discovery and early report ; Use and reuse ; Egyptian sculptures ; Sculptures found in 1888 near the Via Boncompagni ; Orestes and Electra -- Addendum: the Templum Gentis Flaviae and the Three Temples of Fortune.

Summary:

"Pleasure gardens, or Horti, offered elite citizens of ancient Rome a retreat from the noise and grime of the city, where they could take their leisure and even conduct business amid lovely landscaping, architecture, and sculpture. One of the most important and beautiful of these gardens was the Horti Sallustiani, originally developed by the Roman historian Sallust at the end of the first century B.C. and later possessed and perfected by a series of Roman emperors. Though now irrevocably altered by two millennia of human history, the Gardens of Sallust endure as a memory of beauty and as a significant archaeological site, where fragments of sculpture and ruins of architecture are still being discovered. In this ambitious work, Kim Hartswick undertakes the first comprehensive history of the Gardens of Sallust from Roman times to the present, as well as its influence on generations of scholars, intellectuals, and archaeologists. He draws from an astonishing array of sources to reconstruct the original dimensions and appearance of the gardens and the changes they have undergone at specific points in history. Hartswick thoroughly discusses the architectural features of the garden and analyzes their remains. He also studies the sculptures excavated from the gardens and discusses the subjects and uses of many outstanding examples"--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0292705476 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780292705470 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780292714328
0292714327

Subject:

Gardens, Roman Italy Rome History.
Jardins romains Italie Rome Histoire.
Gardens, Roman.
Tuinen.
Plastieken.
Archeologische vindplaatsen.
Romeinse keizertijd.
Horti Sallustiani (Rome, Italy) History.
Horti Sallustiani (Rome, Italie) Histoire.
Italy Rome.
Italy Rome Horti Sallustiani.
Horti Sallustiani
Rom Horti Sallustiani.
Jardins romains Italie Rome Histoire Horti Sallustiani (Rome, Italie) Tuinen Plastieken Archeologische vindplaatsen Romeinse keizertijd.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 230326
Call No.: SB466.I83 H675 2004
Status: Available