Pevsner, Nikolaus — Academies of Art, Past and Present

London, England, Cambridge University Press, 1940. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards; 323 pp.; 28 bw figures. An in-depth look at art academies and their places in society across time; Includes six chapters: Introduction; From Leonardo da Vinci to the Accademia di S. Luca (The Sixteenth Century); Baroque and Rococo (1600 - 1750); Classic Revival, Mercantilism and Academies of Art; The Nineteenth Century; and The Revival of Industrial Art, and the Artist's Education To-Day; Also includes two appendices, "Code of Rules of Vasari's Accademia del Disegno, 1563" and "Literature on Academies Treated in Chapters IV and V. VG- (Ex-lib. stamp on first page; Very slight wear to cloth at extremities; Small bit of damage at top of spine) .