Art Academy LLC

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Western tradition has long held that art is best learned by direct instruction and example from a master artist in a private studio or atelier (French for artist's studio). This atelier method reached immense popularity in 19th-century Europe, where small groups of students and apprentices worked, closely guided by a master. Well before that were the guild workshops of Italy; one such school, founded in Venice in 1345, was declared under the protec­tion of Saint Luke, who reputedly painted pictures of the Virgin Mary. Artists' societies formed, too, often encompassing schools within them. Important ones became known as "academies," a word derived from the name of the Athenian garden (named for the hero Akademos) where Plato in the 4th century B.C. founded his famous school of philosophy. The first academy of drawing in Europe was the Accademia dell'Arte del Disegno, founded in Florence in 1561 by artists (including Giorgio Vasari) under the patronage of the Medici. The Academia became the prototype for other important and powerful academies that later became affiliated with country or state and that had great influence through the 17th and 18th centuries. Many continue to this day.

Our mission at the Art Academy has always been consistent: We work to provide excellent traditional art education for beginning to advanced children, teens and adults.

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