The Monster in the Garden: The Grotesque and the Gigantic in Renaissance Landscape Design by Luke Morgan

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

Luke Morgan

256 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

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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 bee...

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