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École des Beaux-Arts

school, Paris, France
Also known as: École Nationale SupĂ©rieure des Beaux-Arts, AcadĂ©mie Royale, AcadĂ©mie Royale d’Architecture, French Academy, National School of Fine Arts(Show More)
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École des Beaux-Arts, school of fine arts founded (as the AcadĂ©mie Royale d’Architecture) in Paris in 1671 by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister of Louis XIV; it merged with the AcadĂ©mie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (founded in 1648) in 1793. The school offered instruction in drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, and engraving to students selected by competitive examination; since 1968, architecture is no longer taught there. Beaux-Arts architectural design has been particularly influential. About 1935 the...

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