Locus Amoenus |
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| Editor:
| Samson, Alexander |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-58798-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Limited
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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"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...
More Description"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 itContributors come from a wide range of experts, including archaeologists, scholars and the librarian and archivist to the Royal Horticultural SocietyReflects the growing emergence of this field, which has been assisted both by archaeology and ideas from green studies and environmental criticismRichly illustrated throughout