Botánica en los Horti Farnesiani del Palatino Romano, a inicios del Siglo XVII
ISSN: 1698-272X
Year of publication: 2012
Issue: 16
Pages: 1-11
Type: Article
More publications in: Pecia Complutense: Boletín de la Biblioteca Histórica "Marqués de Valdecilla"
Abstract
The Renaissance was a period of complete harmony between art and science. The images helped to improve the dissemination of scientific knowledge in subjects as Anatomy and Botany. The Horti Farnesiani were designed under the auspices of the cardinals Ranuccio and Alessandro Farnese. Pavillons and gardens devoted to leisure and retirement, with criterions of representation but also taking care of the Botany,. There, will be growing exotic plants, brought to Rome by the Jesuits from the West Indies. The Tobías Aldino work, commissioned by cardinal Odoardo Farnese, describes some of these species and will become a reference for subsequent botanical studies.