Pompeian Peristyle Gardens

<p>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.</p><p><i>Pompeian Peristyle Gardens </i>provides a novel understanding of how the domus was planned utilized and experienced through a critical examination of <i>all </i>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.</p><p><i>Pompeian Peristyle Gardens </i>is of interest to students and scholars in art history classics archaeology social history and other related fields.</p><p>The Open Access version of this book available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.</p>