Vitaliano Borromeoâs Academy of the Isola Bella

Sergio Monferrini

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Chapter 11 Vitaliano Borromeoâs Academy of the Isola Bella

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Pages:: 350â375

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004517547_012

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For forty years, Vitaliano VI Borromeo (1620â1690) transformed a âbare rockâ into a âmiracle of art and natureâ, giving life to what is now Isola Bella, one of the islands of Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. On his garden island, Vitaliano welcomed distinguished guests such as the writer Carlo Maria Maggi, the mathematician Pietro Paolo Caravaggio, the Jesuit Fathers Barella and Edera, and gave life to an academy particularly interested in moral philosophy. Although not institutionalised, this âAccademia dellâIsolaâ met in the gardens, where musical performances were staged on the themes of pleasure and usefulness, in the wake of the ethical discussions that developed there and which also found an echo in the âAccademia dei Faticosiâ in Milan. The decoration of the garden was also conceived in relation to its philosophical and âacademicâ function, which this article attempts to describe and explain.

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Gardens and Academies in Early Modern Italy and Beyond

Series:Â Intersections, Volume: 94

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004517547

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 15 Oct 2024

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