Milano 1730 - 1760 : formazione e cultura dei committenti

Also in Milan, people coming from the well-read aristocratic classes significantly contributed to the diffusion of a culture inspired by researches carried out in the most vivid centres of contemporary Europe. Acting as clients and “amateurs of architecture”, they promoted and managed both at public and at private level the activity of architects and, at the same time, they took an active part in their education and update. Their art and book collections and their scientific cabinets symbolize a hidden cultural world that indicates attention and interest, e.g. instruments for a wider ideas exchange, if compared to that offered by the built city