Dorschel has taken a critical stance towards a blinkered academicism in philosophy. Kirk also detects a move into conservative insularity and academicism. The first was a rejection of academicism and fixed Western forms of composition. His academicism and grand-manner painting span styles from Baroque to incipient Neoclassicism. Specially with the art industry and academicism. However, he was rapidly turned off by the academicism of the teaching. Reviewers described the 422-page volume by its heft, comprehensiveness, and academicism. Under their influence, he rejected the prevailing Academicism and embraced Realism. Where before, the foundational pillars of academicism had been shaken, now they had been toppled. Carpeaux soon grew tired of academicism and became a wanderer on the streets of Rome. Alongside this academicism, the romantic tradition formalized by Gericault, Bonington and Delacroix was gaining momentum.