The monster in the garden : reframing Renaissance landscape design /

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Monsters, grotesque creatures, and giants were frequently depicted in Italian Renaissance landscape design, yet they have rarely been studied. Their ubiquity indicates that gardens of the period conveyed darker, more disturbing themes than has been acknowledged. In The Monster in the Garden, Luke Mo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morgan, Luke (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Colección:Penn studies in landscape architecture.
Temas:
1500-1599
Monsters > Italy > Psychological aspects > History > 16th century.
Grotesque > Italy > Psychological aspects > History > 16th century.
Gardens > Symbolic aspects > Italy > History > 16th century.
Garden ornaments and furniture > Italy > Psychological aspects > History > 16th century.
Landscape design > Italy > History > 16th century.
Gardens, Renaissance > Italy > Design > History > 16th century.
Monstres > Italie > Aspect psychologique > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Grotesque > Italie > Aspect psychologique > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Jardins > Aspect symbolique > Italie > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Jardins > Meubles et ornements > Italie > Aspect psychologique > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Aménagement paysager > Italie > Histoire > 16e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE > History > Renaissance.
Gardens > Symbolic aspects
Landscape design
Italy
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Introduction: Reframing the Renaissance Garden; Chapter 1. The Legibility of Landscape: From Fascism to Foucault; Chapter 2. The Grotesque and the Monstrous; Chapter 3. A Monstruary: The Excessive, the Deficient, and the Hybrid; Chapter 4. "Rare and Enormous Bones of Huge Animals": The Colossal Mode; Chapter 5. "Pietra Morta, in Pietra Viva": The Sacro Bosco; Conclusion: Toward the Sublime; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Acknowledgments.

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