Research Catalog

Title

Pompeian peristyle gardens / Samuli Simelius.

Author

Simelius, Samuli

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Description

xvi, 251 pages : illustrations, plans; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book examines how Pompeian peristyle gardens were utilized to represent the socioeconomic status of Roman homeowners, introducing fresh perspectives on how these spaces were designed, used, and perceived. Pompeian Peristyle Gardens provides a novel understanding of how the domus was planned, utilized, and experienced through a critical examination of all Pompeian peristyles - not just by selecting a few well-known examples. This study critiques common scholarly assumptions of ancient domestic space, such as the top-down movement of ideas and the relationship between wealth and socio-political power, though these possibilities are not excluded. In addition, this book provides a welcome contribution to exploring the largely unexamined middle class, an integral part of ancient Roman society. Pompeian Peristyle Gardens is of interest to students and scholars in art history, classics, archaeology, social history, and other related fields"--

Series Statement

Studies in Roman space and urbanism

Uniform Title

Studies in Roman space and urbanism.

Subject

• Peristyles > Italy > Pompeii (Extinct city)
• Courtyard gardens > Italy > Pompeii (Extinct city)
• Architecture, Domestic > Italy > Pompeii (Extinct city)
• Architecture and society > Italy > Pompeii (Extinct city)
• Architecture and society
• Architecture, Domestic
• Courtyard gardens
• Peristyles
• Italy > Pompeii (Extinct city)

Note

• Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Helsinki, 2018, under the title: Pompeian peristyle gardens as a means of socioeconomic representation.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pompeian peristyle gardens -- Why were peristyles built in Pompeian houses? -- The parameters of socioeconomic display -- Classification of peristyles according to their means of economic display -- The economic display functions of peristyles : the social influence and trends in peristyles -- The social status of Pompeiian peristyle owners.

Call Number

JQE 23-34

ISBN

• 9780367649951
• 0367649950
• 9780367650001
• 0367650002

LCCN

2022001365

OCLC

1292471064

Author

Simelius, Samuli, author.

Title

Pompeian peristyle gardens / Samuli Simelius.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in Roman space and urbanism

Studies in Roman space and urbanism.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Simelius, Samuli. Pompeian peristyle gardens Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2022 9781003127345 (DLC) 2022001366

Research Call Number

JQE 23-34