Landscape and the Arts in Early Modern Italy: Theatre, Gardens and Visual Culture

Cover -- Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Theatricality, A View From The Landscape -- 2. Gardens Of The Gods: Classical Revival, Intermedi, Early Opera And The Idea Of Nature -- 3. The (singing) Figure In The Landscape -- 4. Triumph Over Nature: Machines And Meraviglia On The Seventeenth-century Stage -- 5. The Theatre In The Landscape: Pliny To Pratolino -- 6. The Garden As Stage, The Visitor As Performer -- 7. Stages Without Actors: Theatres Of Sculpture, Water And Flowers -- 8. Performing In The Parrhasian Grove: Green Theatres And The Academies -- Bibliography Katrina Grant. Includes Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.