Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze

"Florentine Academy" redirects here. For other uses, see Florentine Academy (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Accademia delle Arti del Disegno.
For the Accademia art gallery in Florence, see Galleria dell'Accademia.

Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
The Accademia di Belle Arti seen from Piazza San Marco
TypeAcademy of fine arts
Established1563; 461 years ago (1563)
1784 (combination)
PresidentCarlo Sisi
DirectorClaudio Rocca
Studentsmore than 1200
Location
Florence
,
Tuscany
,
Italy

43°46′39″N 11°15′33″E / 43.7775°N 11.2592°E / 43.7775; 11.2592
Websiteaccademia.firenze.it

The Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (lit. 'academy of fine arts of Florence') is the oldest public institution of fine arts training in the world. Founded in 1563 by Cosimo I de' Medici under the influence of Giorgio Vasari, it was subsequently reorganized at the initiative of the Grand Duke of Tuscany and separated from the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in 1784.[1] Michelangelo, Benvenuto Cellini and other significant artists have been associated with it. Like other state art academies in Italy, it became an autonomous degree-awarding institution under law no. 508 dated 21 December 1999,[2] and falls under the administration of the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education and research.[3] The adjacent (but unaffiliated) Galleria dell'Accademia houses the original David by Michelangelo.

  1. ^ "Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Cecilie Hollberg e Michelangelo Pistoletto tra gli accademici d'onore". Agenzia di Stampa Cult. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
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