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Arteorto Guide for ADULTS ENG Aboca, the market leader The Pinacoteca of Brera The Brera Botanical in innovative treatments has one of the most Garden of Università based on natural complex important collections degli Studi di Milano molecules, develops and of Italian paintings in the was established produces safe world. Founded by the by Mary Therese of Austria and effective original empress Mary Therese in 1774 for the studies products for health of Austria in 1776, as an of the medicine and and well-being. Aboca aid for students at the pharmacy students. strongly believes in a new Academy of Fine Arts, This historic garden form of medical treatment it became a public forms an enchanting yet based on knowledge of the museum at the behest educational island www.aboca.com body’s pathophysiological of Napoleon Bonaparte of green within Palazzo www.arteorto.it mechanisms, and seeks in 1809. Brera, right in the centre to find in all of nature’s Brera mostly exhibits of Milan. This splendid, Aula didattica Aula complexity the most works from the 14th open-air museum is an Ingresso Orto suitable responses for century up to the 19th ideal place for learning Botanico Nature has always provided a source of privileged inspiration for artists, the health requirements century with a religious about plants, with a different Specola each of who interpreted it according to his own culture and sensitivity. of today and tomorrow. subject, which come from spectacular discovery for Orto Botanico Via Gabba Cortile It has worked for more abolished churches and every season. Pesa Visit this important museum, the Pinacoteca di Brera, focus your attention than 40 years on the entire convents. Cortile della Magnolia Osservatorio on the world of plants depicted in painting and find the same, living plants process; from cultivation www.museoortibotanicistatale.it Biblioteca Braidense Biblioteca dell’Accademia to the finished item, and www.pinacotecabrera.org di Belle in the Botanical Garden. Make unexpected and fascinating discoveries. Arti Cortile distributes its products Esportazioni only via professional A unique walk among art and nature that traces the journey healthcare channels of representing reality and leads us to question the relationship between in 14 countries throughout Ex Serra Ex nature and culture, between man and his environment. the world. Oscuri Fiori Via Art and botanical walk between the www.aboca.com Pinacoteca and the Botanical Garden of Brera Culture and symbolism reach their apex when referring to medicinal plants; for thousands of years the only remedy to our health problems, balanced delicately between magic and science, ever accompanying Piazzetta di Brera us through our development. From here we set out on the Arte Orto path, founded by Aboca in Via Brera Ingresso collaboration with the Pinacoteca and the Botanical Garden of Brera, Pinacoteca Text by Fabrizio Zara, Head of Aboca Botanic Research and to rediscover where we come from via the beauty of art and plants. Veronica Pandiani, Art Historian and Museum Educator To return to discover the intimate bond between man and nature. Scientific oversight by Emanuela Daffra, Paola Strada and Servizi Educativi Art and botanical walk between the (Pinacoteca di Brera) and Antonella Testa and Cristina Puricelli (Orto Botanico di Brera dell’Università degli Studi di Milano) Pinacoteca and the Botanical Garden of Brera Editorial project, layout, editing Ufficio Grafico Aboca Museum OPENING TIMES Massimo Mercati Cover Giacomo Callo Pinacoteca di Brera Aboca Chief Executive Photos Tuesday - Sunday: 8.30 - 19.15 - (closed Mondays) Massimo Gardone, Azimut and Thinkstock For special openings see www.pinacotecabrera.org Printed by Varigrafica Images of the works of art by kind permission of the Minister of Cultural Assets and Orto Botanico di Brera dell’Università degli Studi di Milano Activities and Tourism – Pinacoteca di Brera Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 18.00, not holidays (1 April - 31 October) All rights reserved. Reproduction, including partial, under any form is prohibited without the authorisation of the Publisher Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 16.30, not holidays (1 November - 31 March) Copyright © 2016 Aboca S.p.A. Società Agricola For special openings see www.museoortibotanicistatale.it Aboca, the market leader The Pinacoteca of Brera The Brera Botanical in innovative treatments has one of the most Garden of Università based on natural complex important collections degli Studi di Milano molecules, develops and of Italian paintings in the was established produces safe world. Founded by the by Mary Therese of Austria and effective original empress Mary Therese in 1774 for the studies products for health of Austria in 1776, as an of the medicine and and well-being. Aboca aid for students at the pharmacy students. strongly believes in a new Academy of Fine Arts, This historic garden form of medical treatment it became a public forms an enchanting yet based on knowledge of the museum at the behest educational island www.aboca.com body’s pathophysiological of Napoleon Bonaparte of green within Palazzo www.arteorto.it mechanisms, and seeks in 1809. Brera, right in the centre to find in all of nature’s Brera mostly exhibits of Milan. This splendid, Aula didattica Aula complexity the most works from the 14th open-air museum is an Ingresso Orto suitable responses for century up to the 19th ideal place for learning Botanico Nature has always provided a source of privileged inspiration for artists, the health requirements century with a religious about plants, with a different Specola each of who interpreted it according to his own culture and sensitivity. of today and tomorrow. subject, which come from spectacular discovery for Orto Botanico Via Gabba Cortile It has worked for more abolished churches and every season. Pesa Visit this important museum, the Pinacoteca di Brera, focus your attention than 40 years on the entire convents. Cortile della Magnolia Osservatorio on the world of plants depicted in painting and find the same, living plants process; from cultivation www.museoortibotanicistatale.it Biblioteca Braidense Biblioteca dell’Accademia to the finished item, and www.pinacotecabrera.org di Belle in the Botanical Garden. Make unexpected and fascinating discoveries. Arti Cortile distributes its products Esportazioni only via professional A unique walk among art and nature that traces the journey healthcare channels of representing reality and leads us to question the relationship between in 14 countries throughout Ex Serra Ex nature and culture, between man and his environment. the world. Oscuri Fiori Via Art and botanical walk between the www.aboca.com Pinacoteca and the Botanical Garden of Brera Culture and symbolism reach their apex when referring to medicinal plants; for thousands of years the only remedy to our health problems, balanced delicately between magic and science, ever accompanying Piazzetta di Brera us through our development. From here we set out on the Arte Orto path, founded by Aboca in Via Brera Ingresso collaboration with the Pinacoteca and the Botanical Garden of Brera, Pinacoteca Text by Fabrizio Zara, Head of Aboca Botanic Research and to rediscover where we come from via the beauty of art and plants. Veronica Pandiani, Art Historian and Museum Educator To return to discover the intimate bond between man and nature. Scientific oversight by Emanuela Daffra, Paola Strada and Servizi Educativi Art and botanical walk between the (Pinacoteca di Brera) and Antonella Testa and Cristina Puricelli (Orto Botanico di Brera dell’Università degli Studi di Milano) Pinacoteca and the Botanical Garden of Brera Editorial project, layout, editing Ufficio Grafico Aboca Museum OPENING TIMES Massimo Mercati Cover Giacomo Callo Pinacoteca di Brera Aboca Chief Executive Photos Tuesday - Sunday: 8.30 - 19.15 - (closed Mondays) Massimo Gardone, Azimut and Thinkstock For special openings see www.pinacotecabrera.org Printed by Varigrafica Images of the works of art by kind permission of the Minister of Cultural Assets and Orto Botanico di Brera dell’Università degli Studi di Milano Activities and Tourism – Pinacoteca di Brera Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 18.00, not holidays (1 April - 31 October) All rights reserved. Reproduction, including partial, under any form is prohibited without the authorisation of the Publisher Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 16.30, not holidays (1 November - 31 March) Copyright © 2016 Aboca S.p.A. Società Agricola For special openings see www.museoortibotanicistatale.it VI Pietà XXII Valle Romita Polyptych Giovanni Bellini Gentile da Fabriano 1 Christ’s Thorn - Paliurus spina-christi 10 White clover - Trifolium repens L. Mill. XXII Cagli Polyptych VII Sermon of Saint Stephen Alunno (Niccolò di Liberatore) Vittore Carpaccio 11 Carnation - Dianthus caryophyllus L. 2 Borage - Borago officinalis L. XXII Madonna of the Candle IX Saint Jerome in Penitence Carlo Crivelli Titian 12 Paer - Pyrus communis L. 3 Ivy - Hedera helix L. XXIV The Marriage of the Virgin XIV Resurrection of Christ with Saint Jerome, Raphael John the Baptist and the Donors 13 Nerium - Nerium oleander L. Cariani (Giovanni Busi) 4 Olive - Olea europaea L. XXX The Last Supper Daniele Crespi XV Venus and Cupid with two Satyrs 14 Lemon - Citrus limon L. in a landscape Simone Peterzano XXXVII Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni 5 Pomegranate - Punica granatum L. Francesco Hayez 15 Tobacco - Nicotiana tabacum L. XV The Fruit Seller Vincenzo Campi XXXVII A vase of flowers on the window 6 Hazel Tree - Corylus avellana L. of a harem Francesco Hayez
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