Science, art and nature
Florence, Boboli Gardens, Limonaia
8 May - 28 October 2007
Under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic
This exhibition presents the typological evolution of the garden in the ancient world: from place dedicated to otium and leisure to place devoted to meditation, study and experimentation in the naturalist and technical spheres. Original archaeological findings from prestigious foreign museums as well as from Rome and the Vesuvian cities buried by the 79 A.D. eruption take visitors through the exhibition: from Babylon to the Greek world, from Imperial Rome to the Pompeii gardens.
Working models and multimedia illustrate the refined fountains that changed the image of buildings, gardens and cities. The exhibition is closed by the outdoor dramatic reconstruction (scale 1:1) of two Pompeii gardens.
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Promoting institutions
Ministero per i Beni e le Attivitą Culturali
Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei
Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino
Firenze Musei
Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence
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