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Royal Academy Of Arts And Design ('s-Hertogenbosch)
The Royal Academy of Arts and Design was an academy for art education in 's-Hertogenbosch. In 2004 it merged with the Art Academy St. Joost from Breda to become the AKV St. Joost, Academy of Art and Design St. Joost located in both Breda and 's-Hertogenbosch. Names From 1812 to 2004 the Art Academy was known under multiple names : ''Académie impériale et royale de peinture, sculpture et architecture'' (1812) : ''Stads Academie voor Teeken- en Schilderkunst'' (1814) : ''Koninklijke School voor Nuttige en Beeldende Kunsten'' (1828) : ''Koninklijke School voor Kunst, Techniek en Ambacht'' (1918) : ''Koninklijke Academie voor Kunst en Vormgeving'' (1957) Académie Impériale et Royale The Art Academy was founded in 's-Hertogenbosch in 1812. At the time 's-Hertogenbosch was part of the French Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte since March 1810. In 1811 mayor mr. A.G. Verheijen proposed the foundation of a drawing academy to the city council. The first board of 1812 was painted b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of the Maas river and near the Waal; it is to the north east of the city of Tilburg, north west of Eindhoven, south west of Nijmegen, and a longer distance south of Utrecht and south east of Dordrecht. History The city's official name is a contraction of the (archaic) Dutch ''des Hertogen bosch'' — "the forest of the duke". The duke in question was Henry I of Brabant, whose family had owned a large estate at nearby Orthen for at least four centuries. He founded a new town located on some forested dunes in the middle of a marsh. At age 26, he granted 's-Hertogenbosch city rights and the corresponding trade privileges in 1185. This is, however, the traditional date given by later chroniclers; the first mention in contemporaneous sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
