Accademia

/ (Italian akkaˈdɛmja) /

noun

an art gallery in Venice housing a collection of paintings by Venetian masters from the 13th to 18th centuries Full name: Italian Galleria dell' Accademia (ɡalleˈria dell akkaˈdɛmja)

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Then there are the paintings in the Accademia, then the resident artworks in churches.

The Ghost of Biennales Past |Taylor Antrim |June 2, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Another thoroughly satisfactory work is the little panel painted for the nuns of Campansi, and now in the Accademia at Siena.

Pintoricchio |Evelyn March Phillipps
In the Accademia (two pictures) we are on quite different ground.

Great Masters in Painting: Perugino |George C. Williamson
For early Florentine paintings the most interesting collection is that of the Accademia.

George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3) |George Eliot

At last it became possible for the Accademia della Crusca to treat Italian like a dead language.

The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy |Jacob Burckhardt
Thursday morning we went to the Accademia of San Luca, where we had not yet been.

Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life |Mary Alsop King Waddington

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