Accademia

/ (Italian akkaˈdɛmja) /

noun

an art gallery in Venice housing a collection of paintings by Venetian masters from the 13th to 18th centuries: Full name: Italian Galleria dell' Accademia (ɡalleˈria dell akkaˈdɛmja)

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How to use Accademia in a sentence

Another picture from the little Accademia Carrara show, closing soon at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
When the Romans Were Turks | Blake Gopnik | August 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Then there are the paintings in the Accademia, then the resident artworks in churches.
The Ghost of Biennales Past | Taylor Antrim | June 2, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
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.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward Hutton
Ghirlandajo too, that sweet and serene master, is not so lovely here as in the Adoration of the 320Shepherds at the Accademia.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward Hutton
From the palace of the Accademia came not a sound, not a voice.
The Child of Pleasure | Gabriele D'Annunzio

For early Florentine paintings the most interesting collection is that of the Accademia.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3) | George Eliot
The altar piece is only a copy of the original, now in the Accademia.
The Story of Florence | Edmund G. Gardner

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