The Royal Swedish Academy of Arts or Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna, founded in 1773 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. The Academy is an independent organization, which acts to promote painting, sculpting, building and the other visual arts.
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the piety commended by the "Imitation" is of a
selfish monkish type. It was written by a monk and
intended for the convent; it lays stress on ...