Domesticating Empire: Egyptian Landscapes in Pompeian Gardens

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Caitlín Eilís Barrett (Associate Professor of Classics, Associate Professor of Classics, Cornell University)

Domesticating Empire

Egyptian Landscapes in Pompeian Gardens

Caitlín Eilís Barrett (Associate Professor of Classics, Associate Professor of Classics, Cornell University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
03 April 2019

History of art: ancient & classical art; Art & design styles: Classicism; Egyptian archaeology & Egyptology; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology

"Domesticating Empire is the first contextually-oriented monograph on Egyptian imagery in Roman households. Caitlín 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 Nile, canals that turned the garden itself into a miniature ""Nilescape,"" and statuary depicting Egyptian themes, many gardens in Pompeii offered ancient visitors evocations of a Roman vision of Egypt. Simultaneously faraway and familiar, these imagined landscapes made the unfathomable breadth of empire compatible with the familiarity of home. In contrast to older interpretations that connect Roman ""Aegyptiaca"" to the worship of Egyptian gods or the problematic concept of ""Egyptomania,"" a contextual analysis of these garden assemblages suggests new possibilities for meaning. In Pompeian houses, Egyptian and Egyptian-looking objects and images interacted with their settings to construct complex entanglements of ""foreign"" and ""familiar,"" ""self"" and ""other."" Representations of Egyptian landscapes in domestic gardens enabled individuals to present themselves as sophisticated citizens of empire. Yet at the same time, household material culture also exerted an agency of its own: domesticizing, familiarizing, and ""Romanizing"" once-foreign images and objects. That which was once imagined as alien and potentially dangerous was now part of the domus itself, increasingly incorporated into cultural constructions of what it meant to be ""Roman."" Featuring brilliant illustrations in both color and black and white, Domesticating Empire reveals the importance of material culture in transforming household space into a microcosm of empire."

By: Caitlín Eilís Barrett (Associate Professor of Classics Associate Professor of Classics Cornell University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 160mm, Width: 236mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780190641351
ISBN 10: 0190641355
Pages: 472
Publication Date: 03 April 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Caitlín Eilís Barrett is Associate Professor of Classics at Cornell University.

Reviews for Domesticating Empire: Egyptian Landscapes in Pompeian Gardens

While aimed at classics scholars, this book offers Egyptophiles the opportunity to explore the Egyptian landscape through the eyes of the Romans * Ancient Egypt * With this book, Barrett has greatly advanced the study of Egyptian imagery in Rome with respect to both material and methodology... [Her] book is thoroughly researched and forward-thinking, an unequivocal boon to the scholarship... [A]n intelligent, fresh study that is sure to be a cornerstone of the field for many years to come. * Stephanie Pearson, American Journal of Archaeology *