Locus Amoenus: Gardens and Horticulture in the Renaissance
分類: 图书,进口原版,History(历史),World(世界),Renaissance,
品牌: Alexander Samson
基本信息出版社:Wiley-Blackwell; 1 (2012年4月3日)丛书名:Renaissance Studies Special Issues平装:210页正文语种:英语ISBN:1444361511条形码:9781444361513商品尺寸:15.2 x 1.1 x 22.9 cm商品重量:354 gASIN:1444361511商品描述内容简介Locus Amoenusprovides 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作者简介Alexander Samsonlectures 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 Agecomedia. He is the editor ofThe Spanish Match: Prince Charles's Journey to Madrid, 1623(2006) andA Companion to Lope de Vega(with Jonathan Thacker, 2008).