Every day, we wake up and we hurry to our jobs or to school. We become part of a routine that seems to encapsulate us. In this series, we will take a moment from our hectic, fast-paced world, step outside of our routine, and imagine what life may have been like across cultures and eras. The French Academy in the 19th-Century The French Academy was one of the premier institutions for creating world-renown works of art. For centuries, the French Academy, having grown out of the guild systems, provided students with a very structured master-apprenticeship way of learning art. Aspiring artists would seek out a master artist from whom they could learn the artistic traditions. In the 19th century, however, things began to change. After years of bloody revolution, the French Academy found itself under attack by a modern form of art: the “official,” more romantic art encouraged by the …