The American Academy in Rome, 1894-1969

University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1973. Hardbound. 1st Edition. 237pp. "Marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the American Academy in Rome and records its history since its founding in 1894 as a school of architecture. The American Academy is the realized dream of a handful of private citizens inspired by their comradeship in organizing the presentation of America's contribution to the fine arts at the Chicago World's Fair. That group resolved to create a center, amid the classical traditions of ancient Rome, where young Americans of promise could study and create in the arts. Their success in achieving this end not only is a tribute to their ardor, persistence, and self-sacrifice but represents American private enterprise in its highest terms." (dj) (NM)