École Des Beaux Art

Referring to a number of influential French School’s of Fine Art. The most famous is the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts which has trained artists for over 350 years. Beaux Arts style was modeled on the Classical Canon, practicing the idealized forms of the Ancient Greek and Roman sculptors and artists. The original “Académie des Beaux-Arts” was founded in 1648 by Cardinal Mazarin to educate talented students in the arts of painting, drawing, sculpture, engraving, and architecture.