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Liceo Artistico Ripetta

Coordinates: 41°54′25″N 12°28′32″E / 41.9070°N 12.4756°E / 41.9070; 12.4756
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Liceo artistico statale "Via di Ripetta"
Address
Map
Via di Ripetta 218 (branch office: Viale Pinturicchio 71)


Italy
Coordinates41°54′25″N 12°28′32″E / 41.9070°N 12.4756°E / 41.9070; 12.4756
Information
Type
  • Liceo artistico
    • Architecture & environment
    • Figurative arts
    • Design
    • Graphic design
    • Scenography
Established1974

The Liceo artistico Ripetta in Rome is located in via di Ripetta, in the Rione Campo Marzio.

History

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The school has its roots in the 15th century, when Pope Sixtus IV granted the Oratory of St. Luke;[1] in 1577, under Pope Gregory XIII, the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, now Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma[2] was founded.

In the following two centuries the seats multiplied, until in 1845 the Istituto delle Belle Arti was born under the papacy of Pope Gregory XVI;[1] the aim was to gather the art students in one location.[1]

The building intended to house the institute was the Palazzo Camerale in via di Ripetta, designed and built for this purpose by the architect Pietro Camporese the Younger.[3] The palace is commonly referred as the "horseshoe", due to its hemicycle-shaped facade. After the capture of Rome, both the building and the institute came under the jurisdiction of the Italian state; in 1923 it became a liceo artistico, although not didactically autonomous as it was connected to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma; the autonomy came in 1974.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d "Liceo artistico statale "Via di Ripetta": la storia". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma: la storia". Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Voce "Camporese", Enciclopedia De Agostini". Retrieved 30 May 2011.