TheAccademia di Belle Arti di Brera( "academy of fine arts of Brera" ), also known as theAccademia di BreraorBrera Academy,is a state-runtertiarypublicacademy of fine artsinMilan,Italy. It shares its history, and its main building, with thePinacoteca di Brera,Milan's main public museum for art. In 2010 an agreement was signed to move the accademia to a formermilitary barracks,the Caserma Magenta in via Mascheroni.[2]In 2018 it was announced that Caserma Magenta was no longer a viable option, with the former railway yard in Via Farini now under consideration as a potential venue for the campus extension.[3]
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1776 |
| President | Livia Pomodoro |
| Dean | Giovanni Iovane |
| Students | 3,800[1] |
| Location | , Italy 45°28′20″N9°11′17″E/ 45.47222°N 9.18806°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
History
editThe academy was founded in 1776 byMaria Theresaof Austria. In typicalEnlightenmentfashion, it shared premises with other cultural and scientific institutions – theastronomical observatory,theOrto Botanico di Brera,the Scuole Palatine for philosophy and law, theGymnasium,laboratories for physics and chemistry, theBiblioteca di Brera,the agricultural society and, from 1806, thePinacoteca di Breraor art gallery.[4]: 249 These were housed in thePalazzo Brera,which was built in about 1615 to designs byFrancesco Maria Richini,and until thesuppression of the Jesuitsin 1773 had been aJesuitcollege.[5]
The academy
editLike other state-run art academies in Italy, the Accademia di Brera falls under theMinistero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca,the Italian ministry of education and research.[6]In accordance withpresidential decree212 dated 8 July 2005, it awards first- and second-leveldegrees,specialised degrees,master's degreesanddoctorates.[7]
The accademia has three departments: the department ofvisual arts,with courses indecorative art,graphic art,paintingandsculpture;the department ofdesignandapplied art,which has courses inart restoration,design for business, new technologies of art andscenic design;and the department of communication and education in art, with courses in conservation ofcultural heritageand inart education.[8]
It has about 3,800 students, including about 1,000 foreign students (mostly postgraduates).[1]It participates in theERASMUS programme,and exchanges students and teachers with institutions in other countries in Europe and elsewhere.[9]
The picture gallery
editThe picture gallery of the accademia, now thePinacoteca di Brera,was started in 1806, inNapoleonic times.[4]: 249 Large numbers of paintings were brought to Milan after the suppression of the convents by Napoleon. The façade of the church ofSanta Maria in Breraof the former monastery was torn down and the nave of the church was divided horizontally; the upper floor became the Napoleonic rooms of the art gallery of the Accademia, which opened in 1809 as the Reale Galleria, and the lower floor housed the sculptures of the museum of antiquities. A Sala dei Moderni, which held contemporary works, was started in 1806 byGiuseppe Bossi.[4]: 256 The Pinacoteca became independent of the accademia in 1882, though both remain in Palazzo Brera.[4]: 249
Academics and alumni
editAlumni of the academy include the playwrightDario Fo,recipient of the 1997Nobel Prize in Literature;[10]and theFuturistpainterCarlo Carrà,who also taught at the academy from 1939 to 1952.[11]
Others who have taught at the Brera include theVenetianpainterFrancesco Hayez,professor of painting from 1822 to 1880;[12]and the architect and writerCamillo Boito,who was professor of architecture from 1860 to 1909, and for part of that time also president of the academy.[13]
Curiosity
editThe Contemporary Art Library of the Academy[14]is one of the 24 libraries in the world that own the "Treatise on Demonology, Summa verborum, numeri, temporis et spatii" byFilippo Biagioli.
References
edit- ^ab"Milano. Grande Brera rischia di non partire".patrimoniosos.it.Retrieved24 September2011.
- ^Paola D'Amico (19 July 2010).Accademia di Brera: oggi il sì al trasloco nell' ex Caserma Magenta(in Italian).Corriere della Sera.Accessed July 2015.
- ^"Accademia di Brera, siglata l'intesa per il trasloco allo Scalo Farini".4 May 2018.
- ^abcdGiovanna Cassese (2013).Accademie: Patrimoni di Belle Arti(in Italian). Rome: Gangemi Editore.ISBN9788849276718.
- ^Giuseppe Schio (1930).Brera(in Italian).Enciclopedia Italiana.Roma: Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed July 2015.
- ^Accademie di belle artiArchived2013-07-17 at theWayback Machine(in Italian). Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca. Accessed January 2017.
- ^Regolamento didattico: Art. 2. Titoli e corsi di studio(in Italian). Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. Accessed July 2015.
- ^Corsi di Diploma Accademico di 1°livello: Offerta formativa 2014-2015(in Italian). Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. Accessed July 2015.
- ^"Erasmus+ Students | Accademia di Brera".
- ^Tony Mitchell (1999),Dario Fo: People's Court Jester (Updated and Expanded),London:Methuen,p. 49,ISBN0-413-73320-3.
- ^Giuseppe Marchiori (1977)Carrà, Carlo(in Italian).Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani,volume 20. Roma: Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed April 2014.
- ^Michele Di Monte (2004).Hayez, Francesco(in Italian).Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani,volume 61. Roma: Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed April 2014.
- ^Giuseppe Miano (1969).Boito, Camillo(in Italian).Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani,volume 11. Roma: Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed April 2014.
- ^"Trattato di demonologia: Summa verborum, numeri, temporis et spatii = Essay on demonology: Summa verborum, numeri, temporis et spatii / Filippo Biagioli".
