Jardines-Botánica

Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1716-1783) is the iconic figure at the head of the English landscape style, a tradition that has dominated landscape design in the western world. He was widely acclaimed for his genius in his own day and his influence on the culture of England has arguably been as great (...)

Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage around the world from 1768 to 1771. A gifted and wealthy young naturalist, Banks collected exotic flora from Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the Society Islands, New Zealand, Australia, and Java, bringing back over 1,300 species that had (...)

Robert Mapplethorpe es uno de los artistas más importantes del siglo XX, conocido por su obra innovadora y provocativa. Estudió pintura, dibujo y escultura en Brooklyn en la década de 1960 y comenzó a tomar fotografías cuando adquirió una cámara Polaroid, en 1970. A partir de 1973 y hasta su muerte (...)