Resumen de Pour l'histoire de l'Academie de Saint-Luc: Notes pour une révision
Adapted from the author's doctoral thesis. New documents and research modify the thesis concerning the founding of the Academia del Disegno in Rome. The generally held view is that the academy was founded by Federico Zuccari in 1593 and, by the late 17th century, had become the institute of reference in artistic matters and the model for the teaching of fine arts throughout Italy and Europe. However, a new reading of the internal dynamics of the Roman artistic milieu between the 16th and the 17th centuries reveals the nature of a consciously fabricated propaganda operation in the early 17th century with the publication of Romano Alberti's I'Origine et Progresso dell'Academia del Disegno. This operation was implemented with even more efficiency at the end of the century through the joint action of Giovan Pietro Bellori and of Giuseppe Ghezzi.
