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Escuela De Bellas Artes De San Fernando
The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (RABASF; ), located on the Calle de Alcalá in the heart of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery. A public law corporation, it is integrated together with other Spanish royal academies in the . History The academy was established by Decree, royal decree in 1752. About twenty years later, the Enlightened absolutism, enlightened monarch Charles III of Spain, Charles III purchased a palace in Madrid as the academy's new home. The building had been designed by José Benito de Churriguera for the Goyeneche family. The king commissioned Diego de Villanueva to convert the building for academic use, employing a Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical style in place of Churriguera's Baroque architecture, baroque design. The academy is also the headquarters of the Madrid Academy of Art. Notable alumni The first graduate of the academy was Bárbara María Hueva. Francisco Goya was once one of the academy's directors. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Learned Society
A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an discipline (academia), academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership may be open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honour conferred by election. Most learned societies are non-profit organizations, and many are professional associations. Their activities typically include holding regular academic conference, conferences for the presentation and discussion of new research results and publishing or sponsoring academic journals in their discipline. Some also act as Professional association, professional bodies, regulating the activities of their members in the public interest or the collective interest of the membership. History Some of the oldest learned societies are the Académie des Jeux floraux (founded 1323), the Sodalitas Litterarum Vistulana (founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio López García
Antonio López García (born 6 January 1936) is a Spanish Painting, painter and Sculpture, sculptor, known for his Realism (arts), realistic style. He is criticized by some modern artists for what they consider neo-academism, but has been praised by leading art critics, such as Robert Studley Forrest Hughes, Robert Hughes, who considered him "the greatest realist artist alive" in 1986. His style sometimes is deemed Hyperreality, hyperrealistic. His painting was the subject of the film ''El Sol del Membrillo'', by Victor Erice, in 1992. Early life Antonio López was born on 6 January 1936 in Tomelloso, Ciudad Real, a few months before the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. It first appeared that Antonio would continue in the family tradition as a farmer, but an early facility for drawing caught the attention of his uncle Antonio López Torres, a local painter of Landscape painting, landscapes, who gave him his first lessons. In 1949 he moved to Madrid in order to study for entra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
