academism

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It is shocking to see that it is also from 1911 and to be reminded how quickly Cubism went off the rails toward academism in the hands of lesser artists.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2015

Modigliani quickly exhausted his Italian academism, delved into the cubism and Negro sculpture which preoccupied his new friends, Picasso, Matisse, Derain and Braque.

From Time Magazine Archive

By academism we mean: to evaluate things by ingrained custom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Was the division between retrograde, despised "academism" and noble, inventive "modernism" always as sharp as has been said?

From Time Magazine Archive

It would, however, be precipitate to say that there are no basic principles nor firm rules in painting, or that a search for them leads inevitably to academism.

From Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Sadleir, Michael