...Academy of the Fine Arts, copying had actually been advocated. The association met in Independence Hall "to promote the cultivation of the Fine Arts in the...by thus facilitating the access to such Standards." Edward's ultimate disdain for straight copying is shown by his improvisation, to say nothing of this...

...1805 states, as part of its educational objectives, "To promote the cultivation of the fine arts in America by introducing correct and elegant copies...Sculpture and Painting and by thus facilitating the access of such Standards."78 "First Masters" were admittedly still in short supply, but the copies Mauro had...

...the 1805 ereation of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (fig. 2.12l, which had lofty goals: To promote the cultivation of the Fine Arts, in the United States of America, hy introducing correct and elegant copies from works of the first masters in Seulpture and Painting,...

...objects of the association as stated in the petition for incorporation, dated December 26, 1805, were: "To promote the cultivation of the Fine Arts in the...standards, and also by occasionally conferring moderate but honorable premiums, and otherwise assisting the Studies and exciting the efforts of the Artists gradually...

...Edward Penington. The object of the organization, as quaintly expressed in the language of the day, was: "To promote the cultivation of the Fine Arts, in the...Standards, and also by occasionally conferring moderate but honorable premiums, and otherwise assisting the Studies and exciting the efforts of the Artists gradually...

...Fine Arts, signed by seventy-one prominent Philadelphias on December 26, 1805; its avowed purpose was "to promote the cultivation of the Fine Arts, in the...the first masters in sculpture and painting and by this facilitating the access to such standards." A new building was erected for the Academy from the...