TY  - BOOK
AU  - Samson,Alexander
TI  - Locus amoenus: gardens and horticulture in the Renaissance 
T2  - Renaissance studies special issues
SN  - 9781118232781
AV  - SB466.E92 L63 2012eb
U1  - 635.09/031 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex, UK, Malden, MA
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  - Gardens
KW  - Europe, Western
KW  - History
KW  - 16th century
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Gardening
KW  - Horticulture
KW  - Gardens, Renaissance
KW  - Gardens in literature
KW  - European literature
KW  - Renaissance, 1450-1600
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - GARDENING
KW  - Regional
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; eng
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118232781
ER  -