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The Akademie der Künste, Berlin (Academy of the Arts, Berlin) is an arts institution in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1696 by Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg as the Prussian Academy of Arts, an academic institution where members could meet and discuss and share ideas. As early as 1699, the academy served as the arts council to the government and since 1931 has been exclusively tasked with this function. The academics arm ultimately developed into the Universität der Künste Berlin (Berlin University of the Arts) of today. The Academy is used to promote art, as well as advise and support the states of Germany.[1]
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History
Main article: Prussian Academy of ArtsThe Akademie der Künste, Berlin was set up in 1696 by crown-prince Frederick III of Brandenburg, later king Frederick I of Prussia as an "Academy of Painterly, Sculptural and Architectural Art", providing a model of the learned society for the "Prussian Royal Academy of Art and Mechanical Sciences" (1704–1790) and the "Royal Academy of Berlin for Fine Arts and Mechanical Sciences" (1790–1809). Later renamed the Academy of Arts, Frederick's first academy later became the "Royal Prussian Academy of Arts" (1809–1882), the "Royal Academy of Arts" (1882) and finally the "Prussian Academy of Arts" (1926–1945). In its current form it was set up on 1 October 1993 by merging the "German Academy of Arts in [East] Berlin (set up in 1950 and renamed the "Academy of Arts of the German Democratic Republic" in 1972 then the "Berlin Academy of Arts" from 1990 to 1993) and the "German Academy of Arts in [West] Berlin" (founded in 1954).
Membership
The Akademie is an incorporated body of the public right under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. New members are nominated by secret ballot of the general assembly, and appointed by the president with membership never to exceed 500. The academy‘s current president is Klaus Staeck, who succeeded Adolf Muschg in 2006.
Objectives
- Representation of Germany in the fields of arts and culture
- Promotion of arts
- To advocate arts within the society
- To advance national cultural developments
- Preservation of the national cultural heritage
- Advice to the Federal Republic of Germany in terms of arts and culture
Sections
Awards and honours
- Kunstpreis Berlin
- Käthe Kollwitz Preis
- Heinrich Mann Preis
- Konrad Wolf Preis
- Hörspielpreis der Akademie der Künste
- Alfred Döblin Preis
- Joana Maria Gorvin Preis
- Will Lammert Prize
Directors
- Joseph Werner (1637–1710)
- Blaise Nicholas Le Sueur (1756? – 1785)
- Bernhard Rode (1785 – 1797)
- Daniel Chodowiecki (1797 – 1803)
References
- ^ Akademie der Künste: About, ARTINFO, 2008, http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/13365/1879/about/akademie-der-knste-berlin/, retrieved 2008-07-24
External links
- (German) Akademie der Künste Official website
- (German) Akademie der Künste membership roster
Categories:- 1696 establishments
- Arts councils
- Art schools in Germany
- Buildings and structures in Berlin
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