The New York Acaemy of Art or Graduate School of Figurative Art is the only accredited school of its kind in the world. Blending the traditions of the Italian and French Academies, the Academy focuses on the study of the human figure by rigorously studying anatomy, art history, sculpture, painting, and drawing. The goal of the Academy is that those seeking training in figurative art have the same access to this knowledge as the great artists who have come before them.