Editing Figure drawing (section)

===Academy figure===
{{further|Academic art}}
An '''academy figure''' is a carefully executed [[drawing]] or [[painting]] of the nude human body, typically at half life size, completed as an exercise in an art school or academy.<ref>{{cite book| editor-first=Ian |editor-last=Chilvers |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists| publisher=Oxford University Press| year=2015}}</ref>

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File:Michiel Sweerts - De tekenles (1660).jpg|''The drawing class'', [[Michiel Sweerts]], 1660
File:'Young Student Drawing', oil on panel by Jean Siméon Chardin, c. 1738, Kimbell Art Museum.jpg|''Young Student Drawing'', [[Jean Siméon Chardin]], {{Circa|1738}}
File:Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, illustration to 'The Microcosm of London' (London, Ackermann, 1808-10) by Thomas Rowlandson.jpg|[[Thomas Rowlandson]], ''Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy'', c. 1808–1810
File:École des beaux-arts (from the live).jpg|''[[École des beaux-arts]]'', late 19th century
File:Academy4.jpg|Christian Krohg (1852–1925), seated center, lecturing a class at Statens kunstakademi in [[Oslo]]
File:'The Anatomy Class at the Ecole des Beaux Arts', oil on canvas painting by François Sallé, 1888, Art Gallery of New South Wales.jpg|''The Anatomy Class at the Ecole des Beaux Arts'', [[François Sallé]], 1888
File:Pedro Américo - Figura Masculina em Pé 2.jpg|[[Pedro Américo]], ''Academy'', c. 1870
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