Academy of Fine Arts (Académie des Beaux-Arts)
One of the five academies of the Institut de France, located in Paris at Quai de Conti, 23. It was founded in 1816 and formed from the Academy of Painting and Sculpture, the Academy of Music and the Academy of Architecture, established in the 17th century and united in 1803. The Academy of Fine Arts includes the departments of painting, sculpture, architecture, graphics, music composition, cinematography and audiovisual arts (since 1985), and photography (since 2005).