The importance of gardens as places to cure the mind from sad thoughts was acknowledged by René Descartes (1596-1650) in his epistolary exchange with Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618-1680). The claim was not unconventional and it marked a continuity in the representation of gardens as spaces of philosophical inspiration throughout Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and early modernity.
Gardens as Laboratories. The History of Botany through the History of Gardens / F. Baldassarri, M. Oana. - In: JOURNAL OF EARLY MODERN STUDIES. - ISSN 2285-6382. - 6:1(2017), pp. 1-218. (Intervento presentato al convegno Manipulating Flora tenutosi a Bucarest nel 2016).
Gardens as Laboratories. The History of Botany through the History of Gardens
F. Baldassarri;
2017
Abstract
The importance of gardens as places to cure the mind from sad thoughts was acknowledged by René Descartes (1596-1650) in his epistolary exchange with Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618-1680). The claim was not unconventional and it marked a continuity in the representation of gardens as spaces of philosophical inspiration throughout Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and early modernity.
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