Locus amoenus : gardens and horticulture in the Renaissance /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Samson, Alexander
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• Σειρά: Renaissance studies special issues.
• Θέματα: 1450-1600; Gardens > Europe, Western > History > 16th century.; Gardens > Social aspects > Europe, Western > History > 16th century.; Gardening > Europe, Western > History > 16th century.; Horticulture > Europe, Western > History > 16th century.; Gardens, Renaissance > History.; Gardens in literature.; European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism.; Renaissance.; GARDENING > Regional > General.; European literature > Renaissance.; Gardening.; Gardens.; Gardens, Renaissance.; Gardens > Social aspects.; Horticulture.; Intellectual life.; Manners and customs.; Europe, Western > Social life and customs > 16th century.; Europe, Western > Intellectual life > 16th century.; Europe, Western.; Electronic books.; Criticism, interpretation, etc.; History.

 Locus Amoenus provides a pioneering collection of new perspectives on Renaissance garden history, and the impact of its development. Experts in the field illustrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environment. A ground-breaking collection of new perspectives on garden historyEssays demonstrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environmentThe book's broad coverage includes botany and herbals, literary reflections of changing ideas of landscape and nature, and human's place within. 

 Front Matter -- Locus amoenus: gardens and horticulture in the Renaissance / Alexander Samson -- The world of the Renaissance herbal / Brent Elliott -- Clinging to the past: medievalism in the English ₁Renaissance₂ garden / Paula Henderson -- River gods: personifying nature in sixteenth-century Italy / Claudia Lazzaro -- Dissembling his art: ₁Gascoigne's Gardnings₂ / Susan C Staub -- ₁My innocent diversion of gardening₂: Mary Somerset's plants / Jennifer Munroe -- Outdoor pursuits: Spanish gardens, the and Lope de Vega's / Alexander Samson -- Experiencing the past: the archaeology of some Renaissance gardens / Brian Dix -- Index.