EXHIBITS REVEAL FAMOUS PATRONS OF THE ARTS ALSO LOVED SCIENCE
September 05, 2007
September 05, 2007
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 5 -- The University of Wisconsin issued the following news release:
In the early 1600s, they offered valuable support to the astronomer Galileo. Later, they founded an academy of science, inviting the scholars to conduct experiments inside one of their palaces. And in the 1700s, they regularly commissioned detailed portraits of the animals and plants raised on their lands.
Who was this band of early science enthusiasts? It was none other than th . . .
In the early 1600s, they offered valuable support to the astronomer Galileo. Later, they founded an academy of science, inviting the scholars to conduct experiments inside one of their palaces. And in the 1700s, they regularly commissioned detailed portraits of the animals and plants raised on their lands.
Who was this band of early science enthusiasts? It was none other than th . . .