The Florence Academy of Art Founded to provide the highest level of instruction possible in the classical methods of drawing, painting and sculpture for the training of select students wishing to pursue careers as professional artists in the Realist tradition. (Florence, Italy) | World Wide Web Virtual Library: History Extensive directory of history resources, sorted into research methods, topics, eras and epochs, and regions. Hosted by European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and maintained with help from researchers at the University of Kansas, US. | Pohlschmidt, Scott Scott Pohlschmidt is a representational artist trained in the naturalistic tradition using the sight-size technique. Scott engages in formal portrait and bronze sculpture commissions. He is based in Florence, Italy. |