{"product_id":"locus-amoenus-9781444361513","title":"Locus Amoenus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLocus 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on contributors ix  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003ci\u003eLocus amoenus\u003c\/i\u003e: gardens and horticulture in the Renaissance\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Samson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The world of the Renaissance herbal\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrent Elliott\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e24\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Clinging to the past: medievalism in the English ‘Renaissance’ garden\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaula Henderson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e42\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 River gods: personifying nature in sixteenth-century Italy\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaudia Lazzaro\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e70\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Dissembling his art: ‘Gascoigne’s Gardnings’\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan C. Staub\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e95\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 ‘My innocent diversion of gardening’: Mary Somerset’s plants\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer Munroe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e111\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Outdoor pursuits: Spanish gardens, the \u003ci\u003ehuerto\u003c\/i\u003e and Lope de Vega’s \u003ci\u003eNovelas a Marcia Leonarda\u003cbr\u003e Alexander Samson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e124\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Experiencing the past: the archaeology of some Renaissance gardens\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian Dix\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e151\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 183\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49530088751447,"sku":"9781444361513","price":19.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444361513.jpg?v=1731878025","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/locus-amoenus-9781444361513","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}