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17-942: (Redirected from Berlin Academy ) Academy of Berlin , Berlin Academy , or other variants may refer to: Prussian Academy of Arts , founded in 1696 in Berlin, Brandenburg, split in 1955 into East and West Berlin schools Academy of Arts, Berlin , re-formed in 1993 by merging the two academies of East and West Berlin Prussian Academy of Sciences , established in Berlin in 1700, fell apart under Nazi rule in 1945 German Academy of Sciences at Berlin , reorganised in East Germany in 1946, disbanded in 1991 Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , reconstituted by interstate treaty in 1992 American Academy in Berlin ,

34-635: A member of the Academy. Painter Friedrich Wachenhusen studied there in 1889 under Eugen Bracht . Name changes: In 1926 the academy added a Dichtkunst (Fine Poetry) division, a Dichtung (Poetry) division in 1932, and the German Academy of Poetry from the beginning of June 1933. From 1930 until his parting into exile in 1933, novelist Heinrich Mann was its president. Painter and sculptor Paul Wallat studied there from 1902 to 1909 under Otto Brausewetter  [ de ] (de) (1835–1904) and Carl Saltzmann . On 29 December 1906 he received

51-649: A research and cultural institution founded in 1994 See also [ edit ] Berlin Singing Academy (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Academy of Berlin . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Academy_of_Berlin&oldid=741826502 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

68-875: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Prussian Academy of Arts After the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome and the Académies Royales in Paris, the Prussian Academy of Art was the oldest institution of its kind in Europe, with a similar mission to other royal academies of that time, such as the Real Academia Española in Madrid,

85-799: The Royal Society in London, or the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. The academy had a decisive influence on art and its development in the German-speaking world throughout its existence. For an extended period of time it was also the German artists' society and training organisation, whilst the Academy's Senate became Prussia's arts council as early as 1699. It dropped 'Prussian' from its name in 1945 and

102-602: The Arts ), situated in Berlin , Germany , is the largest art school in Europe . It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universities in the city. The university is known for being one of the biggest and most diversified universities of the arts worldwide. It has four colleges specialising in fine arts , architecture , media and design , music and the performing arts with around 3,500 students. Thus

119-656: The UdK is one of only three universities in Germany to unite the faculties of art and music in one institution. The teaching offered at the four colleges encompasses the full spectrum of the arts and related academic studies in more than 40 courses. Having the right to confer doctorates and post-doctoral qualifications, Berlin University of the Arts is also one of Germany's few art colleges with full university status. Outstanding professors and students at all its colleges, as well as

136-405: The academy from 1878 until 1885, under Otto Knille and Fritz Schaper . In 1885, he won the Academy's Rome Scholarship for his thesis, "The Judgment of Paris". Anna Gerresheim studied there from 1876 for four years in the "ladies class" under Karl Gussow . Oskar Frenzel studied there between 1884 and 1889 under Paul Friedrich Meyerheim and Eugen Bracht . He was from 1904 until his death

153-609: The areas of Visual Arts , Fashion Design , Industrial Design , and Experimental Design . The university's origins date back to the foundation of Academie der Mal-, Bild- und Baukunst (Academy of the Art of Painting, Pictorial Art, and Architecture), the later Prussian Academy of Arts , at the behest of Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg . The two predecessor organisations were Königliche Akademische Hochschule für ausübende Tonkunst (Royal Academy of Musical Performing Art) established in 1869 under Joseph Joachim , which also had adopted

170-477: The arts ideal. The scope was expanded in 1704 to include "Mechanical Sciences". The academy's first director (president) was Swiss painter Joseph Werner . In 1796, the Academy announced a competition for a monument in honour of Frederick the Great . Friedrich Gilly designed a monumental temple in the style of revolutionary architecture ( Revolutionsarchitektur ) to be erected on Leipziger Platz in Berlin. Today,

187-787: The award of the Ginsberg Foundation of the Berlin Academy. In 1920, Käthe Kollwitz became the first woman elected to the Prussian Academy, but with the coming to power of Adolf Hitler in 1933 she was expelled because of her beliefs and her art. Name changes: Berlin University of the Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin ( UdK ; also known in English as the Berlin University of

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204-535: The design is part of the collection of the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin . Name changes: Longtime director and sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow served from 1815 to 1850. In 1833 the academy added a fine arts division, and a music division in 1835. Emil Fuchs studied at the Academy under Fritz Schaper and Anton von Werner , shortly before 1891. Otto Geyer studied there from 1859 to 1864. Sculptor Wilhelm Neumann-Torborg studied at

221-417: The protected sphere of a study course. Within the field of visual arts , the university is known for the intense competition that involves the selection of its students, and the growth of applicants worldwide has increased during the years due to Berlin's important current role in cultural innovation worldwide. In the same way, the University of the Arts is publicly recognized for being on the cutting edge in

238-498: The steady development of teaching concepts, have publicly defined the university as a high standard of artistic and art-theoretical education. Almost all the study courses at Berlin University of the Arts are part of a centuries-old tradition. Thus Berlin University of the Arts gives its students the opportunity to investigate and experiment with other art forms in order to recognise and extend the boundaries of their own discipline, at an early stage of rigorously selected artists and within

255-480: The tradition of the famous Stern Conservatory , and the Berlin State School of Fine Arts founded in 1875. In 1975, both art schools merged under the name Hochschule der Künste Berlin, HdK . The organization received the title of a university on 1 November 2001. The exchange program with UDK is a direct enrollment program offered during the fall, spring, and academic year to students interested in

272-406: Was chosen from the membership – some elected, and some automatically included due to other rank. The academy was not a school, although it had associations with educational institutions, notably the state school that evolved into the present-day Berlin University of the Arts . The academy was founded to include painters, sculptors, and architects as members, which reflected the classical unity of

289-484: Was finally disbanded in 1955 after the 1954 foundation of two separate academies of art for East Berlin and West Berlin in 1954. Those two separate academies merged in 1993 to form Berlin's present-day Academy of Arts . Most artists were associated with the academy as members. Membership was an honorary distinction extended to prominent domestic Prussian artists (after unification, German artists) and selected foreign figures as well. A 'deliberative' body of senators

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