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Locus Amoenus: Gardens and Horticulture in the Renaissance
Alexander Samson
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Description for Locus Amoenus: Gardens and Horticulture in the Renaissance
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Samson, Alexander. Series: Renaissance Studies Special Issues. Num Pages: 210 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; TVS; WMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 226 x 10. Weight in Grams: 352.
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.
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 history
- Essays demonstrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environment
- The book's broad coverage includes botany and herbals, literary reflections of changing ideas of landscape and nature, and human's place within it
- Contributors come from a wide range of experts, including ... Read more
- Reflects the growing emergence of this field, which has been assisted both by archaeology and ideas from green studies and environmental criticism
- Richly illustrated throughout
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Series
Renaissance Studies Special Issues
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444361513
SKU
V9781444361513
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Alexander Samson
Alexander Samson lectures on early modern Spain and Latin America at University College London. He is also the co-director of the Centre for Early Modern Exchanges. His research interests include Anglo-Spanish intercultural exchange, the marriage of Philip II and Mary Tudor, and the Golden Age comedia. He is the editor of The Spanish Match: Prince Charles’s Journey to Madrid, 1623 ... Read more
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