A blog to explore the interests of an original renaissance woman; arts, sciences, poetry, librarianship and everything in between.
Showing posts with label Bomarzo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bomarzo. Show all posts
Monday, 11 June 2012
Bomarzo and Ariosto: Moon, Madness and Hippogriffs
It occurred to me the other day that there was no renaissance material on this blog, which given my background, is a travesty! So I was looking around my archives and I found this little something on topics very close to my heart; poetry, gardens and intellectual endeavour. Using a sixteenth century epic poem called Orlando furioso I explore how it influenced key aspects and themes of the so-called Parco dei Mostri, a fabulous Italian renaissance garden.
Labels:
Bomarzo,
gardens,
history,
humanism,
Italy,
madness,
Orlando furioso,
Orsini,
Poetry,
Renaissance,
surrealism,
texts
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