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The Monster in the Garden : The Grotesque and the Gigantic in Renaissance Landscape Design.

Morgan, Luke.

The Monster in the Garden : The Grotesque and the Gigantic in Renaissance Landscape Design. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (255 pages) - Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture Series . - Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture Series .

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.

In The Monster in the Garden, Luke Morgan develops a new conceptual model of Renaissance landscape design, arguing that the monster was a key figure in Renaissance culture and that the incorporation of the monstrous into gardens was not incidental but an essential feature.

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Gardens, Renaissance-Italy-Design-History-16th century.
Landscape design-Italy-History-16th century.
Garden ornaments and furniture-Italy-Psychological aspects-History-16th century.
Gardens-Symbolic aspects-Italy-History-16th century.
Grotesque-Italy-Psychological aspects-History-16th century.
Monsters-Italy-Psychological aspects-History-16th century.


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