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

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

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Description 1 online resource Series Renaissance studies special issues Renaissance studies special issues. Contents 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 Introduction: 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 "Renaissance" garden / Paula Henderson -- River gods : personifying nature in sixteenth-century Italy / Claudia Lazzaro -- Dissembling his art : "Gascoigne's Gardnings" / Susan C. Staub -- "My innocent diversion of gardening" : Mary Somerset's plants / Jennifer Munroe -- Outdoor pursuits : Spanish gardens, the "huerto," and Lope de Vega's Novelas a Marcia Leonarda / Alexander Samson -- Experiencing the past : the archaeology of some Renaissance gardens / Brian Dix Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject 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. Renaissance. GARDENING -- Regional -- General. European literature -- Renaissance Gardening Gardens Gardens in literature Gardens, Renaissance Gardens -- Social aspects Horticulture Intellectual life Manners and customs Renaissance SUBJECT Europe, Western -- Social life and customs -- 16th century Europe, Western -- Intellectual life -- 16th century Subject Western Europe Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book Author Samson, Alexander LC no. 2011042245 ISBN 9781118232781 111823278X 9781118232811 111823281X 9781118232804 1118232801 9781280587986 1280587989 9786613617811 6613617814 1118232798 9781118232798

OTHER TI Renaissance studies. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90617890

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