The nude, we reflect, flourished in academic art when it didn't flourish anywhere else.

Although within the bounds of academic art, the competition, of its kind, is so acute that only a very few per cent.

Nowadays it has become fashionable, especially in academic arts departments, to embrace the idea of cultural relativism.

But it cannot be expected that the colder perfections of Academic art should always be found in them.

Coming from an academic arts background was a bit of culture shock, but I enjoyed the training and found I could cope.