Isbn: 978-88-5491-256-4
Materie: Storia dell'arte
Formato: 21x28
Pagine: 192
The Florentine Accademia del Disegno (founded in 1563) and the Roman Accademia di San Luca (founded c. 1593) were the first official art academies in Europe. In their early years these institutions performed a variety of functions, which included the organization of funerals and religious feasts, establishing and enforcing rules about the organization of workshops, teaching young painters, sculptors and architects the principles of their arts, and maintaining relationships with potential patrons. By seeing them as crossing points of religious, guild, educational and patronage practices this book presents a multifaceted and comprehensive understanding of these academies. As such it goes beyond previous interpretations, where they were reduced to one of their activities (e.g. patronage). The book also offers the first sustained comparison of the Accademia del Disegno and the Accademia di San Luca. The focus on “social practices” entails the application of insights of theories of practice to a cultural-historical research object. The development of theories of practice, especially those of Pierre Bourdieu and Theodore Schatzki, is the second objective of this study, in addition to improving the understanding of the Accademia del Disegno and the Accademia di San Luca in the early years of their existence.
Contents:
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
From social elevation to cultural politics
The wider academic movement in Europe
A “practice” approach to the academization of art
Chapter 1
Bourdieu and Schatzki on Social Reality, Practices, and Modernity
Social reality and social practices
The organization of social practices
Social critique, power, and modernization
Bourdieu, Schatzki, and the academization of art
Interpretative framework
Chapter 2
“E tutto fu fatto con grandissimo apparecchio di cera e lumi”: the Religious-Confraternal Practices of the Art Academies
Religious-confraternal practices and the Counter Reformation
The Compagnie di San Luca in Florence and Rome and the foundation of the art academies
The confraternal practices of the Accademia del Disegno in Florence
The Accademia di San Luca in Rome and the Counter Reformation Church
The confraternal practices of the Accademia di San Luca
Conclusion
Chapter 3
“Come tutti gli altri magistrati”: the Guild Practices of the Art Academies
Art academies and the myth of the guilds
Craft guilds and the visual arts before the foundation of the art academies
Foundation, rules, and practices of the Florentine Academy as guild
Guild rules and practices in the Accademia di San Luca in Rome
Conclusion
Chapter 4
The Theory and Practice of Disegno in Artistic Treatises
Borghini and Varchi: reasoning or doing
Vasari’s apparente espressione
Danti’s ritrarre and imitare
Allori’s regole
Cellini’s principii
Zuccari’s disegno interno and disegno esterno
Conclusion
Chapter 5
“Parole e fatti”: the Educational Practices of the Art Academies
Theoretical and practical instruction in the academic curriculum
Educational practices in the Florentine Academy
Lectures in the Accademia di San Luca
Practical instruction in the Accademia di San Luca
Conclusion
Chapter 6
Patrons, Clients and Cultural Brokers: the Patronage Practices of the Art Academies
Patrons, clients and cultural brokers
The Florentine Accademia del Disegno as client
The Roman Accademia di San Luca as client
The Accademia di San Luca as cultural broker
Conclusion
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
