Academic art
E36429
Academic art is a traditional, highly polished style of painting and sculpture promoted by European art academies in the 18th and 19th centuries, emphasizing idealized realism, historical and mythological subjects, and strict formal rules.
Aliases (2)
Statements (99)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art movement
→
painting style → sculpture style → |
| alternativeName |
academic classicism
→
academicism → academism → |
| awardedPrize |
Prix de Rome
→
|
| centralInstitution |
French Academy
→
Paris Salon → Royal Academy exhibitions → |
| criticizedBy |
Impressionists
→
Modernists → Realists → |
| declinePeriod |
late 19th century
→
|
| hasCharacteristic |
adherence to academic rules
→
careful composition → classical beauty standards → competition-based recognition → conservatism in style → controlled lighting → didactic intent → emphasis on anatomical accuracy → emphasis on drawing → emphasis on finish and detail → emphasis on finish over visible brushstroke → emphasis on life drawing → emphasis on linear perspective → hierarchical subject matter → highly polished finish → historicism → idealized human figure → idealized realism → illusionistic modeling of form → large-scale formats → literary subject matter → moralizing tone → narrative clarity → official taste → opposition to avant-garde movements → smooth brushwork → state patronage → studio-based training → |
| hasGenre |
Salon painting
→
grand historical compositions → grand manner portraiture → |
| hasRule |
adherence to classical proportions
→
hierarchy of genres → primacy of drawing over color → submission to juried exhibitions → use of preparatory studies and cartoons → |
| influenced |
19th-century public monuments
→
Salon painting → academic training systems worldwide → official art of many European states → |
| influencedBy |
Baroque art
→
Neoclassicism → Renaissance art → classical antiquity → history painting tradition → |
| mainSubject |
allegorical subjects
→
battle scenes → classical themes → genre scenes → history painting → literary themes → mythological scenes → nudes → patriotic subjects → portraits → religious subjects → |
| opposedMovement |
Impressionism
→
Post-Impressionism → Realism → |
| originatedIn |
Europe
→
|
| promotedBy |
Académie des Beaux-Arts
→
European art academies → Royal Academy of Arts → various national academies of fine arts → École des Beaux-Arts → |
| relatedConcept |
Beaux-Arts tradition
→
official art → pompier art → salon system → |
| timePeriod |
18th century
→
19th century → |
| trainingMethod |
atelier system
→
copying old masters → hierarchical curriculum → rigorous entrance examinations → |
| usesMedium |
bronze sculpture
→
large-scale canvases → marble sculpture → oil painting → |
| usesTechnique |
academic drawing
→
careful contouring → chiaroscuro → glazing → grisaille underpainting → life drawing from nude models → |
Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Carolus-Duran
→
Fyodor Bruni → Jean-François Soitoux ("Academicism") → John William Waterhouse → Louis Lamothe → Pierre Puvis de Chavannes → |
movement |
|
Impressionism
→
|
contrastsWith |
|
Paris Salon
("French academic art")
→
|
influenced |