Aesthetic, sociological and exploitative attitudes to landscape in Greco-Roman literature, art and culture

Diana Spencer

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935390.013.121

Aesthetic, sociological and exploitative attitudes to landscape in Greco-Roman literature, art and culture

Diana Spencer

Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology

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Abstract

This article introduces and discusses ancient and contemporary approaches to landscape, and proposes model readings for their evaluation. Perceptions of landscape in the Greco-Roman world were strongly associated with cultivation and human intervention. In order better to understand how and why aesthetic interest, sentiment, mood, and movement can also be significant, this article explores what makes for ‘improvement’ and value in landscape. It also investigates how contemporary theory offers new ways of evaluating ancient depictions of landscape and responses to the natural environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Oxford Handbooks Online
Subtitle of host publication	Scholarly Research Reviews
Editors	Gareth Williams
Publisher	Oxford University Press
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935390.013.121
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - Jan 2017

Keywords

landscape
classical antiquity
imperialism
agriculture
environment
nature
place
topography
ecocriticism
architecture
aesthetics
art
cultivation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Classics
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

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10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935390.013.121Licence: None: All rights reserved

1 Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Emotional volume and the little things that make Latin place
Spencer, D., 2020, Paesaggi domestici. L’esperienza della natura nelle case e nelle ville romane – Pompei, Ercolano e l’area vesuviana. Anguissola, A., Iadanza, M. & Olivitto, R. (eds.). L'Erma di Bretschneider, p. 4-18 15 p. (Studi e ricerche del Parco archeologico di Pompei; vol. 42).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

1 Academic conference

Towards, around, away from, amidst, between: Space syntax and what moves us
Diana Spencer (Keynote speaker)
23 Nov 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Academic conference

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Aesthetic, sociological and exploitative attitudes to landscape in Greco-Roman literature, art and culture

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Research output

Emotional volume and the little things that make Latin place

Activities

Towards, around, away from, amidst, between: Space syntax and what moves us

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