Academies of Arts

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Excerpt from Academies of Arts: A Discourse, Delivered on Thursday, May 3, 1827, in the Chapel of Columbia College, Before the National Academy of Design, on Its First AnniversaryThese promismg prospects, which seemed to be Opening upon the arts, were soon overclouded by bitter contention among the artists. For three years they continued their disgraceful contests, which at length ended in a division into two parties. They separated. The smallest and weakest, and seemingly defeated party, composed, however, of the most distinguished artists, formed the plan of instituting a Royal Academy, under the protection of the sovereign, the plan was suc cessful, and in the year 1768 the Royal Academy of Arts was established, and Sir Joshua Reynolds was elected their first President.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.