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École des Beaux-Arts

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Also Known As Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts
Schools of Architecture and Design

The state school of fine arts in Paris whose architecture section, heir to the royal academy founded in 1671 and reorganized under its modern name in 1863, trained architects from across the world in classical composition, the esquisse and the grand plan. Beaux-Arts method governed official architecture in Europe and America into the twentieth century, and the modern movement defined itself largely against it.

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Organization Type
School 2
Founded Year
1648 3
Traces its origin to the Academie des Beaux-Arts founded by Cardinal Mazarin in 1648; the school was reorganized and took the Ecole des Beaux-Arts name in the early nineteenth century.
Headquarters
Paris, France 2
Organization Type
Organization Type (category)
Academic Institution 1
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The style takes its name from, and was formally taught at, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

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Additional Source École des Beaux-Arts (Wikipedia)

Sullivan briefly studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1874 before returning to Chicago in 1875.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica
The Parti, Concepts

The parti as a named design step was formalized in Beaux-Arts studio pedagogy.

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1. École des Beaux-Arts (Wikipedia)
  • intro: "art schools in France"
  • Associated With: Beaux-Arts Architecture
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2. Encyclopedia Britannica
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3. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Ecole des Beaux-Arts, History
Quote, Wikipedia: Ecole des Beaux-Arts, History
The origins of the Paris school go back to 1648, when the Académie des Beaux-Arts was founded by Cardinal Mazarin to educate the most talented students in drawing, painting, sculpture, engraving, architecture and other media.
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