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Accademia

British  
/ akkaˈdɛmja /

noun

  1. Full name: Galleria dell' Accademia.  an art gallery in Venice housing a collection of paintings by Venetian masters from the 13th to 18th centuries

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Harding, 50, who currently serves as director of Italy's Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, will make his Los Angeles debut in the 2027/2028 season.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

He has worked since 2007 with set designer Paolo Fantin, his former student at Venice’s Accademia di Belle Arti.

From Seattle Times Jun. 5, 2024

In 1960, with his first wife, Dorothy, and their children Ina and Scott, Mayhew decamped to Italy, where he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence.

From New York Times May 25, 2023

Hope Carrasquilla and her family went to see Michelangelo's David on Friday at Florence's Accademia Galleria.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2023

The frontispiece of the English translation of the experiments of the Accademia del Cimento: Nature is shown turning her back on Aristotle and being introduced by the Accademia to the Royal Society.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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