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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 [[Italy|Italian]] examples, such as the [[Accademia di San Luca]] in [[Rome]]. | + | The '''Académie royale d'architecture''' (Royal Academy of Architecture) was a French learned society founded on December 30, 1671 by [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]], king of France under the impulsion of [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]]. Its first director was the mathematician and engineer [[François Blondel]] (1618-1686). |
| - | In [[1661]], it came under the control of [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]] who made the arts a main part in the glorification of [[Louis XIV of France|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. | + | Suppressed in [[1793]], this ''Académie'' was later merged in [[1816]] into the [[Académie des beaux-arts]], together with the [[Académie de peinture et de sculpture]] (Academy of Painting and Sculpture, founded 1648) and the [[Académie de musique]] (Academy of Music, founded in 1669). |
| - | On [[August 8]], [[1793]], it was suspended by the [[French Revolution|revolutionary]] [[National Convention]], when the latter decreed the abolition of "toutes les académies et sociétés littéraires patentées ou dotées par la Nation". | + | The Académie des beaux-arts is now one of the five ''Académies'' of the [[Institut de France]]. |
| - | It was later renamed '''Académie de peinture et de sculpture'''. | + | ==Members included== |
| + | * [[Étienne-Louis Boullée]] ([[1728]]-[[1799]]), elected in 1762 | ||
| + | * [[Robert de Cotte]] ([[1656]]-[[1735]]) | ||
| + | * [[Ange-Jacques Gabriel]] ([[1698]]-[[1782]]) | ||
| - | The "Académie de peinture et sculpture" is also responsible for the ''[[French Academy in Rome|Académie de France]]'' in the ''[[villa Médicis]]'' in [[Rome]] (founded in 1666) which allows promising artists to study in Rome. | ||
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| - | 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 [[1671]]), to form the [[Académie des beaux-arts]], one of the five academies of the [[Institut de France]]. | ||
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| - | ==Partial list of members== | ||
| - | * [[Abraham Bosse]] (1648) | ||
| - | * [[Herman van Swanevelt]] (1651) | ||
| - | * [[Jean Jouvenet]] (1675) | ||
| - | * [[Antoine Coysevox]] (1676) | ||
| - | * [[Nicolas de Largillière]] (1686) | ||
| - | * [[Roger de Piles]] (1699) | ||
| - | * [[Guillaume Coustou the Elder]] (1704) | ||
| - | * [[Jean Raoux]] (1717) | ||
| - | * [[Jean-Baptiste Pater]] (1728) | ||
| - | * [[François Boucher]] (1731) | ||
| - | * [[Charles-André van Loo]] (1735) | ||
| - | * [[Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo]] (1747) | ||
| - | * [[Jean-Baptiste Huet]] (1769) | ||
| - | * [[Jacques Louis David]] (1780) | ||
| - | * [[Adélaïde Labille-Guiard]] (1783) | ||
| - | * [[Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun]] (1783) | ||
| - | * [[Jean-Baptiste Stouf]] (1785) | ||
| - | * [[Dominique Vivant]] (1787) | ||
| - | * [[Jean-Baptiste Pigalle]] | ||
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| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | * [[Academic art]] | ||
| - | * [[French art salons and academies]] | ||
| - | * [[Royal West of England Academy]] | ||
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The Académie royale d'architecture (Royal Academy of Architecture) was a French learned society founded on December 30, 1671 by Louis XIV, king of France under the impulsion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Its first director was the mathematician and engineer François Blondel (1618-1686).
Suppressed in 1793, this Académie was later merged in 1816 into the Académie des beaux-arts, together with the Académie de peinture et de sculpture (Academy of Painting and Sculpture, founded 1648) and the Académie de musique (Academy of Music, founded in 1669).
The Académie des beaux-arts is now one of the five Académies of the Institut de France.
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Members included
- Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799), elected in 1762
- Robert de Cotte (1656-1735)
- Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698-1782)
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