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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 | |
| 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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Dive into the research topics of 'Aesthetic, sociological and exploitative attitudes to landscape in Greco-Roman literature, art and culture'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Research output
- 2 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
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Language, life and metamorphosis in Ovid’s Roman backstory
Spencer, D., 24 Aug 2023, Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Environmental Imagination. Sissa, G. & Martelli, F. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 183-199 17 p. (Ancient Environments).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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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
Activities
- 1 Conference, workshop or symposium
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Towards, around, away from, amidst, between: Space syntax and what moves us
Diana Spencer (Keynote speaker)
23 Nov 2019Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium