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The French Academy in Rome ( French: Académie de France à Rome, pronounced [akademi də fʁɑ̃s a ʁɔm]) is an academy located in the Villa Medici, within the Villa Borghese, on the Pincio (Pincian Hill) in Rome, Italy . History. The French Academy seen from the Piazza Trinità dei Monti above the Spanish Steps.
La Academia Francesa en Roma (en francés: Académie de France à Rome) es una academia situada en la Villa Médici, dentro de los jardines de Villa Borghese, en el Pincio (Colina Pinciana) de Roma, Italia . Historia. La Academia fue fundada en 1666 por Luis XIV bajo la dirección de Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Charles Le Brun y Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
History of the Academy. Founded in 1666, the French Academy in Rome has played a decisive role ever since on the Roman and European cultural scenes. Find out more. Sponsorship & private events.
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In ancient times, the site of the Villa Medici was part of the gardens of Lucullus, which passed into the hands of the Imperial family with Messalina, who was murdered in the villa. In 1564, when the nephews of Cardinal Giovanni Ricci of Montepulciano acquired the property, it had long been abandoned to viticulture. The sole dwelling was the Casina...
In 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte moved the French Academy in Rome to the Villa Medici with the intention of preserving an institution once threatened by the French Revolution. At first, the villa and its gardens were in a sad state, and they had to be renovated in order to house the winners of the Prix de Rome. In this way, he hoped to retain for young ...
Several structures base their style on the villa. Architect Edward Lippincott Tilton designed the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in 1893. Philanthropist James H. Dooley had a mansion called Swannanoa built on Rockfish Gap, Virginia, in 1912. The NYC architectural firm, Schultze and Weaver, modeled the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Fl...
Haskell, Francis (1981). Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-02913-6.Morel, Ph., Le Parnasse astrologique. Les décors peints pour le cardinal Ferdinand de Médicis. Étude iconologique(Paris, De Boccard, 1991) (La villa Médicis, 3).Hochmann, Michel, Villa Medici, il sogno di un Cardinale – Collezioni e artisti di Ferdinando de’ Medici(Roma, De Luca, 1999).Buckley, Veronica (2004). Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric. New York: Fourth Estate. ISBN 0-06-073617-8.Media related to Villa Medici (Rome)at Wikimedia CommonsL' Académie de France à Rome est une institution artistique française située dans la villa Médicis sur la colline du Pincio à Rome et destinée à l'accueil en résidence pour une période donnée, en son sein ou hors les murs, de jeunes artistes afin de développer leurs projets créatifs.
→ GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON VILLA MEDICI AND THE FRENCH ACADEMY IN ROME . The creation of the French Academy in Rome was part of the policy of great work of King Louis XlV at the end of the 17th century. Those works transformed the Louvre, the Tuileries, and Versailles.
The institution. Founded in 1666 by Louis XIV, the French Academy in Rome is a French establishment located, since 1803, in the Villa Medici, a 16th-century villa surrounded by a seventeen-acre park, on Mount Pincio, in the heart of Rome. A national public institution under the authority of the Ministry of Culture, the French Academy in Rome
