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The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture), Paris, was founded in 1648, modelled on Italian examples, such as the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.In 1661, it came under the control of Jean-Baptiste Colbert who made the arts a main part in the glorification of Louis XIV. From 1683 on, it reached its greatest power under the directorship of Charles Le Brun with its hierarchy of members and strict system of education.
On August 8, 1793, it was suspended by the revolutionary National Convention, when the latter decreed the abolition of "toutes les académies et sociétés littéraires patentées ou dotées par la Nation".
It was later renamed Académie de peinture et de sculpture.
In 1816, it was merged with the Académie de musique (Academy of Music, founded in 1669) and the Académie d'architecture (Academy of Architecture, founded in 1671Events May 9 Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He would later be condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned an), to form the Académie des beaux-artsThe Academie des beaux-arts (Academy of Fine Arts) is a French learned society. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France. It was created in 1816 as the merger of the: Academie de peinture et de sculpture (Academy of Painting and Sculpture, one of the five academies of the Institut de FranceThe Institut de France (French Institute) is a French learned society, grouping five academies the most famous of which is probably the Academie francaise. The institute manages approximately one thousand foundations. It also awards prizes and subsidies,.
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- Academic artAcademic art refers to the style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European Academies, where many artists received their formal training; though it can be meant to extend to all art influenced by Academies, its often meant to refer
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