Morgan, Luke. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812291872 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gardens, Renaissance-Italy-Design-History-16th century.<br/>Landscape design-Italy-History-16th century.<br/>Garden ornaments and furniture-Italy-Psychological aspects-History-16th century.<br/>Gardens-Symbolic aspects-Italy-History-16th century.<br/>Grotesque-Italy-Psychological aspects-History-16th century.<br/>Monsters-Italy-Psychological aspects-History-16th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>SB458.54.M67 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>712.0945