This collection of essays explores the role of gardens in early modern academies and, conversely, the place of what might be called 'academic culture' in early

The Tree of Life and Arboreal Aesthetics in Early Modern Literature explores the vital motif of the tree of life and what it meant to early modern writers who d

This book explores the cultural dimensions, the expressive potential, and the changing technologies of greenery in the art of the Italian Renaissance and after.

This volume considers Italy's history and examines how Italians became fascinated with the New World in the early modern period.

Arboreal Symbolism in European Art, 1300–1800 probes the significance of trees in religious iconography of Western art. Based in the disciplines of art histor