Re-Thinking Renaissance Objects : Design, Function and Meaning

Introduction: Locus Amoenus : Gardens And Horticulture In The Renaissance / Alexander Samson -- The World Of The Renaissance Herbal / Brent Elliott -- Clinging To The Past : Medievalism In The English Renaissance Garden / Paula Henderson -- River Gods : Personifying Nature In Sixteenth-century Italy / Claudia Lazzaro -- Dissembling His Art : Gascoigne's Gardnings / Susan C. Staub -- My Innocent Diversion Of Gardening : Mary Somerset's Plants / Jennifer Munroe -- Outdoor Pursuits : Spanish Gardens, The Huerto, And Lope De Vega's Novelas A Marcia Leonarda / Alexander Samson -- Experiencing The Past : The Archaeology Of Some Renaissance Gardens / Brian Dix. Edited By Alexander Samson. Originally Published As Volume 25, Issue 1 Of Renaissance Studies--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.