What is Academic art?
[[File:Alexandre_Cabanel_-_The_Birth_of_Venus_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg|thumb|350px|''Birth of Venus'', [[Alexandre Cabanel]], 1863.]] [[Image:Modellklasse an der Kopenhagener Kunstakademie.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Life class]] at the [[Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts]] in 1826 by [[Wilhelm Bendz]].]] '''Academic art''' was an [[art]]istic style that was popular from the 17th to the 19th century. Different [[art school]]s laid down rules on what a good [[painting]] or artwork should look like. Academic art was influenced by these rules, and was about applying them when creating a work of art. Academic art is a form of [[Realism]] in art. One of the main ideas that influenced academic art was that of [[Aristotle]]: A work of art should give a selective, but true copy of a part of reality. This idea was transformed into the concept of [[mimesis]], or imitation. Together with thisidea, there were a number of subjects that were acceptable for painting or [[sculpture]]. Very often, the subjects came from [[mythology]] The [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts]] in [[Paris, France|Paris]] had a lot of [[influence]] on the movement. At the time [[Neoclassicism]] and [[Romanticism]] were the main movements at the school. With later art styles, especially that of [[impressionism]], academic art losts its importance. Well known artists who painted in the academic art style include [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]], [[Alexandre Cabanel]], [[Eugene de Blaas]], [[Edward Poynter]], [[Wilhelm Bendz]] and [[Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov|Alexander Ivanov]]. {{stub}} [[Category:Art]]