Designing for Luxury on the Bay of Naples : Villas and Landscapes (c. 100 BCE-79 CE)

Bok av Mantha Zarmakoupi
This study explores Roman luxury villa lifestyle and architecture to shed light on the villas' design as a dynamic process related to cultural, social, and environmental factors. Through an analysis of five villas from around the bay of Naples, it shows how the Romans developed a sophisticated interplay between architecture and landscape.