academic art academic art /əˈkædəmɪk ɑːrt/

noun

1. A style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art.  ( academic art )
   a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art.
    The setting and treatment of the subject here are typical of his artistic approach, which lies between the idealized academicism of Bouguereau and the social realism of Daumier.
   The setting and treatment of the subject here are typical of his artistic approach, which lies between the idealized academicism of Bouguereau and the social realism of Daumier.