The theatre of nature

Series of conferences

Wednesday 3 I 10 I 17 I 31 May 2023 at 17.45 

Castello del Buonconsiglio - sala delle Marangonerie

Also for the 2023 edition of Fiori al centro | Focus on the flowers, the Buonconsiglio Castle is collaborating with the Municipality of Trento (Roads and Parks Management Service) to highlight the vision of the garden as an expression of culture, and to investigate the relationship between art, nature and history.

Along the walls of the garden of the Magno Palazzo, a selection of reproductions of paintings kept at the museum - at the Castello del Buonconsiglio and at Castel Thun - with a floral theme are exhibited: they are paintings from different periods and subjects in which it is possible to admire floral and plant species, rendered with great vividness and attention to detail, in an interesting interweaving of realistic, ornamental and symbolic rendering. 

A SERIES OF CONFERENCES introduces the initiative, anticipating activities and theme visits:

> Wednesday 3 May 2023_at 17.45
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717): art, nature, wonder
Brunella Torresin, cultural journalist

> Wednesday 10 May 2023_at 17.45
Nature and landscape art in Pietro Porcinai
Sara Tamanini, Parks and gardens Office of the municipality of Trento

> Wednesday 17 May 2023_at 17.45
Garden and Landscape in Film Set Design
Marta Maffucci, set designer,

> Wednesday 31 May 2023_at 17.45
Botanical iconography in still life between the 16th and 17th centuries
Maria Silvia Proni, art historian and collector