Gallerie dell'Accademia
The Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, Accademia short, is a museum that is housed in the buildings of the former Brotherhood of Santa Maria della Carita. First it was the Art Academy of Painting and Sculpture ( Accademia di belle arti di Venezia) and in 1882 was assigned to an independent museum.
General
The Accademia is located in the Dorsoduro district on the south bank of the Grand Canal and houses the world's largest collection of Venetian painting from the Gothic to Rococo. The Ponte dell'Accademia, one of the four bridges that cross the Grand Canal, was named after her.
The collection is housed in three buildings: the Scuola Santa Maria della Carita, in built by Bartolomeo Buon middle of the 15th century church of Santa Maria della Carita and designed by Palladio Covenant of Laterankanoniker. The Scuola, founded in 1343, was the oldest of six Scuole Grandi in Venice and receives today the monumental image of Mary in the Temple by Titian in its original location. The construction of the Convention had been started in 1561 under Palladio, but remained unfinished. The devastating fire of 1630 destroyed the Palladian building up on the few remnants that remained intact even after the following modifications. During and after the Second World War exhibition spaces were redesigned by Carlo Scarpa.
History
Your name Accademia she received from the Art Academy Accademia di belle arti di Venezia, which was founded in 1750 under the direction of the painter Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, and which had its seat there. In 1756 it was officially recognized by the Republic of Venice and was under the presidency of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo the name Accademia di Belle Arti. Under Napoleon, the Academy was transformed into the first public art school in Venice. For the students an art collection was established at the same time, which forms the core of the current collection. The pictures came from the abandoned in the secularization of monasteries and churches, and from foundations and bequests of private art collectors. Some of the images had been abducted by Napoleon from Italy to Paris and were later reimbursed by France. Other photos The museum owes the skillful acquisition policy of its directors.
The Collection
The collection includes images of
Bassano, Gentile and Giovanni Bellini, Bellotto ( known as Canaletto ), carpaccio, Rosalba Carriera, Cima da Conegliano, Crivelli, Giorgione, Guardi, Hayez, Catherine of Bologna, Lotto, Maffei, Mantegna, Palma Vecchio, Palma Giovane, Paolo Veneziano, Paris Bordone, Pietro da Cortona, Pordenone, Sebastiano and Marco Ricci, Tiepolo, Tintoretto, Titian, Veronese, Antonio and Bartolomeo Vivarini, Zuccarelli, and others.