A Cultural History of Gardens in the Renaissance

The history of the garden in the Renaissance, traced from the late fourteenth century in Italy to the death of Andre Le Notre in 1700 in France, is a story both of dynamism and codification. The period saw the emergence of what would become archetypal elements of the formal garden and the fixing of theory and language of the garden arts. At the same time, newly important sciences, developments in engineering, as well as globalization, historicity, and theories of aesthetics were embraced in the construction of such gardens. The result was the notion of the landscape as something to be labored on, created, and delighted in, that ultimately would become a stage upon which Renaissance cultural politics played out. presents an overview of the period with essays on issues of design, types of gardens, planting, use and reception, issues of meaning, verbal and visual representation of gardens, and the relationship of gardens to the larger landscape.

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• Authors: Elizabeth Hyde
• Assisted by: Elizabeth Hyde (Editor), Hyde Elizabeth (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.04.2015
• EAN: 9780857850317
• ISBN: 978-0-85785-031-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: The Cultural Histories Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Gardening, GARDENING / Garden Design, Landscape art & architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, GARDENING / Reference, HISTORY / Reference, ARCHITECTURE / Reference, Garden design & planning, Reference works, Social and cultural history, Garden design and planning, Landscape architecture and design