Accademia 1273123 217167886 2008-06-04T22:04:35Z Johnbod 2563820 Removed category "Buildings and structures in Venice" (using [[WP:HOTCAT|HotCat]]) :''This article is about the Accademia art gallery in Venice. For the Accademia gallery in Florence, see [[Accademia dell'Arte del Disegno]] [[Image:Lorenzo Lotto 050.jpg|thumb|right|225px|''Portrait of a young Man with a Book'' by [[Lorenzo Lotto]] (1527)]] The ''Accademia'' is best known now as a museum gallery of pre-1800s art in [[Venice]], [[Italy]]. Situated on the south bank of the [[Grand Canal of Venice|Grand Canal]], it gives its name to one of the three bridges across the canal, the [[Ponte dell'Accademia]], and to the boat landing station for the ''[[Water taxi|vaporetto]]'' water bus. ==History== '''L'Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia''' was founded in [[1750]] by the Venetian Senate as [[Venice]]’s school of painting, sculpture, and architecture. In Venice, it is uniformly known as the '''Accademia''' and mainly as a museum. Installed as its first president was [[Giambattista Piazzetta]], with other advisors [[Giambattista Pittoni]] and [[Gianmaria Morlaiter]]. The aim was to replicate official institutions which had existed for many years in other major artistic centers including Rome ([[Accademia di San Luca]]), Milan, and Bologna ([[Accademia Clementina]]). It was one of the first institutions to study art restoration starting in 1777 with Pietro Edwards, and formalized by 1819 as a course. Among teachers at the Academy in past and modern times were [[Gianbattista Tiepolo|Tiepolo]], [[Hayez]], Nono, [[Ettore Tito]], [[Arturo Martini]], [[Alberto Viani]], [[Carlo Scarpa]], Afro, Santomaso, and [[Emilio Vedova]]. The Accademia was renamed the ''Accademia Reale di Belle Arti'' and moved to its present premises in 1807 by order of the [[Napoleonic]] occupying forces. This administration had disbanded many institutions in Venice including some churches, convents and [[Scuole Grandi of Venice| Scuole]]. The ''Scuola della Carità'', the ''Convento dei Canonici Lateranensi'' and the church of ''Santa Maria della Carità'' thus became the home of the Accademia. The Scuola della Carità was the oldest of the six [[Scuole Grande]] and the building dates back to [[1343]], though the scuola was formed in 1260. The Convento dei Canonici Lateranensi was started in 1561 by [[Palladio]], though it was never fully completed. The facade of ''Santa Maria della Carità'' was completed in 1441 by [[Bartolomeo Bon]]. ==Contents== :''See also [[:Category:Collections of the Gallerie dell'Accademia|Collections of the Gallerie dell'Accademia]] The Gallerie dell’Accademia contains masterpieces of Venetian painting up to the 18th century, generally arranged chronologically though some thematic displays are evident. Artists represented include: [[Gentile Bellini|Gentile]] and [[Giovanni Bellini]], [[Bernardo Bellotto]], [[Pacino di Bonaguida]], [[Canaletto]], [[Vittore Carpaccio|Carpaccio]], [[Giulio Carpioni]], [[Rosalba Carriera]], [[Cima da Conegliano]], [[Domenico Fetti|Fetti]], [[Pietro Gaspari]], [[Michele Giambono]], [[Luca Giordano]], [[Francesco Guardi]], [[Giorgione]], [[Johann Liss]], [[Charles Le Brun]], [[Pietro Longhi]], [[Lorenzo Lotto]], [[Andrea Mantegna|Mantegna]], [[Rocco Marconi]], [[Michele Marieschi]], [[Antonello da Messina]], [[Giambattista Piazzetta|Piazzetta]], [[Giovanni Battista Pittoni]], [[Mattia Preti|Preti]], [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo|Giambattista Tiepolo]], [[Tintoretto]], [[Titian]], [[Paolo Veronese|Veronese]] (Paolo Caliari), [[Giorgio Vasari| Vasari]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] (Drawing of [[Vitruvian Man]]), [[Alvise Vivarini]], and [[Giuseppe Zais]]. ==See also== {{commonscat|Gallerie dell'Accademia (Venice)|{{PAGENAME}}}} *[[Academy]] *[[Accademia dei Lincei]] ==External links== *[http://www.gallerieaccademia.org/ Official website] *[http://www.artive.arti.beniculturali.it/Accademia/Frame%20accademia.htm Virtual tours of the gallery and clickable maps of the exhibits] (Italian text) *[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=venice,+italy&ll=45.431008,12.327840&spn=0.003004,0.010274&t=k&hl=en Satellite image from Google Maps] (at the south end of the long bridge) {{Venice landmarks}} {{coord|45|25|52|N|12|19|41|E|display=title|region:IT-VE_type:landmark_source:dewiki}} [[Category:1340s architecture]] [[Category:1750 establishments]] [[Category:Art schools in Italy]] [[Category:Museums in Venice]] [[Category:Art museums and galleries in Italy]] [[de:Accademia (Venedig)]] [[es:Galería de la Academia de Venecia]] [[fr:Gallerie dell'Accademia de Venise]] [[it:Gallerie dell'Accademia]] [[ka:ვენეციის აკადემიის გალერეა]] [[nl:Gallerie dell'Accademia (Venetië)]] [[ja:アカデミア美術館 (ヴェネツィア)]] [[no:Accademia]] [[pt:Accademia]]