'Disciples of flora' : gardens in history and culture / / edited by Victoria Emma Pagán, Judith W. Page and Brigitte Weltman-Aron

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
• Disciplina: 712.09
• Soggetto topico: Gardens - History; Gardens in art; Gardens - Social aspects
• Persona (resp. second.): PagánVictoria Emma; PageJudith W.; Weltman-AronBrigitte
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Disciples of Flora' explores, through a variety of approaches, disciplines, and historical periods, the place and vitality of gardens as cultural objects, repositories of meaning, and sites for the construction of identity and subjectivity; gardens being an eminent locus where culture and nature meet. This collection of essays contributes to a revision of histories of gardens by broadening the scope of scholarly inquiry to include a long history from ancient Rome to the present, in which contesting memories delineate new apprehensions of topography and space. The contributors draw attention t
• Titolo autorizzato: Disciples of flora
• ISBN: 1-4438-8131-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816969703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II