The Academy of Fine Arts in Florence ( Italian: Accademia di belle arti di Firenze ) is the first academy of painting in Europe. It was founded in 1561 with the support of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo I, by three famous mannerist painters: Giorgio Vasari , Agnolo Bronzino and Bartolomeo Ammanati . The Academy was originally located in the church of Santissima Annunziata .
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In 1784 , by decree of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold, all art schools in Florence were subordinate to the Academy. An art gallery was created at the Academy, where students could get acquainted with the creative heritage of old masters. Fine arts also included music and artistic restoration; in 1849 , the Florentine Conservatory was allocated from the Academy.
The halls of the Academy Gallery host such world-famous sculptures as “David” and “Prisoners” of Michelangelo , “ The Abduction of the Sabine Women ” by Dzhambolony , as well as the best examples of Florence painting of the XV — XVI centuries. The Academy Gallery is one of the largest art collections in Florence.
Among the graduates - the Italian revolutionary, artist and chess player Luigi Mussini (1844), as well as the artist Michele Gordigiani .
Bibliography
- A Gallery: The Offiial Guide All of the Works / Franca Faletti, Marclla Anglani, Gabriele Rossi Rognoni. Updated ed. Gunti, Miland 2006. ISB 88-0904881-4
Links
- Wikimedia Commons Academy of Fine Arts media