The Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia ("Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia") is a private[2]tertiaryacademy of art in Perugia, in Umbria in central Italy. It is not one of the 20 official Italian state academies of fine art,[3] but is legally recognised by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education and research, which gives its full name as Accademia di Belle Arti Legalmente Riconosciuta di Perugia "Pietro Vannucci".[4] The academy became an autonomous degree-awarding institution under law no. 508 dated 21 December 1999.[5][6]
History
The school was founded in 1573, and was initially named l’Accademia del Disegno (English: The Academy of Drawing).[1][7] The school was established on the initiative of the painter Orazio Alfani and the architect and mathematician Raffaello Sozi, and is among the oldest institutions of its kind in Italy; the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze had been established eleven years earlier.[8] The school occupies the former convent of the San Francesco al Prato.
The Royal Academy has an important collection of books, archives which include a gallery of over 600 plaster casts, and works of art accessible for research and display.[12]
^Accademie di belle arti (in Italian). Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca: AFAM – Alta Formazione Artistica, Musicale e Coreutica. Accessed April 2014.
^Accademie di belle arti legalmente riconosciute (in Italian). Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca: AFAM – Alta Formazione Artistica, Musicale e Coreutica. Accessed April 2014.