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Accademia

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Accademia (Italian) [akkaˈdɛmja]
n
(Placename) an art gallery in Venice housing a collection of paintings by Venetian masters from the 13th to 18th centuries Full name Galleria dell' Accademia (Italian) [galleˈria dell akkaˈdɛmja]


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FOR FOUR DAYS in December 2005, art-world luminaries, city officials, and academics gathered in Venice at the stunning Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, just off the Ponte dell' Accademia on the Grand Canal.
Upon retirement, De Vita acquired the Enrico Cecchetfi Diploma and received the highest teaching degree from the Accademia Nazionale di Danza in Rome.
In Full Frontal Nudity three American tourists are ushered by a tour guide into the Accademia Gallery in Florence to view Michelangelo's David, and we get to hear their mostly idiotic reactions to the artwork, to Italy, to the tour, and to each other.
 
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