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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141342803321

Titolo

Locus amoenus : gardens and horticulture in the Renaissance / / edited by Alexander Samson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : John Wiley & Sons, 2012

ISBN

1-118-23280-1

1-280-58798-9

9786613617811

1-118-23279-8

1-118-23278-X

1-118-23281-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Collana

Renaissance studies special issues

Altri autori (Persone)

SamsonAlexander

Disciplina

635.09/031

Soggetti

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

Europe, Western Social life and customs 16th century

Europe, Western Intellectual life 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Originally published as volume 25, issue 1 of Renaissance studies"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Locus Amoenus: Gardens and Horticulture in the Renaissance; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction Locus amoenus: gardens and horticulture in the Renaissance; 1: The world of the Renaissance herbal; 2: Clinging to the past: medievalism in the English 'Renaissance' garden; 3: River gods: personifying nature in sixteenth-century Italy; 4: Dissembling his art: 'Gascoigne's Gardnings'; 5: 'My innocent diversion of gardening': Mary Somerset's plants; 6: Outdoor pursuits: Spanish



gardens, the huerto and Lope de Vega's Novelas a Marcia Leonarda

7: Experiencing the past: the archaeology of some Renaissance gardensIndex

Sommario/riassunto

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, a