Academies of Art
Past and Present

Originally published in 1940, this book charts the origins and evolution of academies of art from the sixteenth century to the mind-twentieth century.

Nikolaus Pevsner (Author)

9781107421448, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 August 2014

372 pages
23.4 x 15.6 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg

Originally published in 1940, this book charts the origins and evolution of academies of art from the sixteenth century to the first half of the twentieth century. Pevsner expertly explains the political, religious and mercantile forces affecting the education of artists in various countries in Western Europe, and the growing 'academisation' of artistic training that he saw is his own day. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the various historical schools of art instruction and the history of art more generally.

1. Introduction
2. From Leonardo da Vinci to the Accademia di S. Luca (the sixteenth century)
3. Baroque and Rococo (1600–1750)
4. Classic revival, mercantilism and academies of art
5. The nineteenth century
6. The revival of industrial art, and the artist's education to-day
Appendix I. Code of rules of Vasari's Accademia del Disegno, 1563
Appendix II. Literature on academies treated in chapters 4 and 5
Index.

Subject Areas: The arts: general issues [AB]