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Accademia

/ akkaˈdɛmja /

noun

  1. an art gallery in Venice housing a collection of paintings by Venetian masters from the 13th to 18th centuries Full nameGalleria dell' Accademiaɡalleˈria dell akkaˈdɛmja


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Another picture from the little Accademia Carrara show, closing soon at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Then there are the paintings in the Accademia, then the resident artworks in churches.

Opposite to it Michelangelo's David once stood, till it was removed in our own time to the Accademia, where it looks like a cast.

Ghirlandajo too, that sweet and serene master, is not so lovely here as in the Adoration of the 320Shepherds at the Accademia.

From the palace of the Accademia came not a sound, not a voice.

For early Florentine paintings the most interesting collection is that of the Accademia.

The altar piece is only a copy of the original, now in the Accademia.

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