The paper is part of a set of studies on the social articulation of literate and artistic practices. It deals with the library of Academia Imperial das Belas-Artes (Imperial Academy of Fine Arts) in Rio de Janeiro in the state it was in the middle of the 19th century. Created on the initiative of Félix-Émile Taunay and Manuel Araújo Porto-Alegre, the library is one of the expressions of the international circulation of artistic education models. The study analyzes the space, the place's decoration and the system of thought underlying the book collection.
library of Academia Imperial das Belas-Artes; Félix-Émile Taunay; Manuel Araújo Porto-Alegre; artistic education models