Royal Academy of Arts (RA),
established in *London in 1768 by Royal Charter, with Sir Joshua Reynolds as its first president. Like its Continental precursors, the RA aimed to raise the status of the fine arts and foster a national school of art through the instruction of young artists, the provision of objective criteria for the arts (articulated in part through Reynolds's ... ...
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