What university is SAIC?

Art institute of chicago (hereinafter referred to as SAIC), founded in 1866, was a reformer in art colleges at that time, and one of the most prestigious and highly rated art colleges in the United States, enjoying international honor and respect.

At the beginning of its establishment, the art institute of chicago was named Chicago Academy of Design, which was founded by local artists' membership fees and donations from rented houses on Clark Street. Four years later, the school moved to the Adam Street building named after the school assets, but it was destroyed in the Chicago fire in 187 1 year.

Due to the serious economic and management losses caused by the fire, business leaders set up a board of directors in 1878 and established the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, extending the mission of the school from education and exhibition to collection. 1882, the school was renamed art institute of chicago again, and the school taught in a classical European way.

library

Students in art institute of chicago can use the Ryerson and burnham Library in the Art Museum, the John M. Flaksman Library and the Maclean Visual Resource Center in the school. Each department also has its own collection, which provides students with the most artistic resources.

Ryerson and burnham Library are specially provided for scholars and students in art institute of chicago. Its main collections are fine arts and architectural art, as well as the history of architectural art, with an annual increase of about 10000. The collection is all-encompassing, but the main collections are/kloc-building materials from the 8th century to the 20th century, as well as paintings, prints, sketches and decorative arts from the 9th century.

John M. Flaxman Library is a special place for students to study and hold activities, with more than 120000 volumes of books, magazines, movies and special collections. Students can also use the digital library on the Internet. The collection of books in John M. Flaxman Library is biased towards modern art.

Maclean Visual Resource Center has collected nearly 560,000 slides and more and more online digital databases for art colleges of staff and teachers and schools. These collections, which are not open to the public, support the educational plans and syllabuses of museums and schools.

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