pierre séguier founded the royal academy of painting and sculpture in france by making a petition for it.
pierre séguier founded the royal academy of painting and sculpture in france by making a petition for it.
who founded the royal academy of painting and sculpture in france by making a petition for it?
pierre séguier
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the first private academy to become "official" and to this day the most prestigious of governmental academies is the académie française ("french academy"), founded in 1634 by cardinal richelieu. it is concerned with the french language. in the fine arts, the académie de peinture et de sculpture ("academy of painting and sculpture") was founded by cardinal mazarin in 1648 and was soon followed by a number of other officially instituted academies: the académie royale de danse ("royal academy of dance") in 1661; the académie royale des inscriptions et médailles ("royal academy of inscriptions and medals") in 1663 [renamed the académie royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres ("royal academy of inscriptions and literature" or "royal academy of humanities") in 1716]; the académie royale des sciences ("royal academy of sciences") in 1666; the académie d'opéra ("academy of opera") in 1669 [renamed the académie royale de musique ("royal academy of music") in 1672 and the académie de musique in 1791]; and the académie royale d'architecture ("royal academy of architecture") founded by jean-baptiste colbert in 1671.
french art salons and academies