Domesticating empire : Egyptian landscapes in Pompeian gardens / Caitlín Eilís Barrett.
Domesticating empire : Egyptian landscapes in Pompeian gardens / Caitlín Eilís Barrett.
Domesticating empire : Egyptian landscapes in Pompeian gardens / Caitlín Eilís Barrett.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
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G 2019/3892
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English
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Physical content
xxi, 445 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Egypt in the garden -- Imagining the Nile: affordances and contexts -- From Egypt to Oikoumene: interactive landscapes in the Casa dell'Efebo -- Self, "other," and beyond in the Casa del Medico -- Making meaning on the margins: Nilotic marginalia in the Casa del Fauno -- Model worlds:...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
Domesticating Empire' is the first contextually-oriented monograph on Egyptian imagery in Roman households. Caitlin Barrett draws on case studies from Flavian Pompeii to investigate the close association between representations of Egypt and a particular type of Roman household space: the domestic garden. Through paintings and mosaics portraying the...
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Domesticating empire : Egyptian landscapes in Pompeian gardens / Caitlín Eilís Barrett.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-430) and index.
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G 2019/3892
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74VKVexkG0lg
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ISBN
0190641355 (hard cover)
9780190641351 (hard cover)
DDC
938
MMS ID
991024257919702626
