Istituto per l'Arte e il Restauro

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Introduction Courses to the Techniques

All the people who want to know the main techniques of conservation of Cultural Heritage, could find in Florence (which is universally recognised as a symbol of Art, Craftsmanship and Restoration) the highest levels in terms of quality, tutors’ skills and course programmes.
The Institute has a group of expert and specialised lecturers and instructors, ready to fulfil any student’s didactic needs.

The techniques introductory courses have essentially an hands-on approach and they have a format of 20-120 hours and a duration of 1-4 weeks. It is no required any study title to be admitted. In order to facilitate a better relationship lecturer/student, the Institute accepts only 10 participants a course.

The courses are normally scheduled when the laboratories are free from the academic year sessions or when the academic year students are involved in their practical internship sessions: normally during the summer (July and September), but sometimes also in April, May and June.

Amongst the various techniques introductory courses you can find also the 3 months format structured in 1- 3 afternoons a week and scheduled in the months of February, April and October. All the topics are treated in these courses in order to meet student's different needs taking into consideration their various previous experiences gained in other training activities.

Admission of foreign students
All the Institute courses are delivered in Italian.
All the sessions has a practical approach and for this reason, students are required to have a basic knowledge of Italian language that could help them in their integration in the city and in the school.
Admission at the summer and short courses, which have a mainly practical approach, requires a minimum knowledge of Italian as in the use of language in real daily life situations. This skill can be reached at the first language level: Beginners (Basic grammatical elements. Italian Core Vocabulary. Basic phonetic ability. Exercises of oral and written comprehension. Conversation).
Students can follow a preliminary Italian language level Beginners course at IIC of their country of origin, at the Istituto Michelangelo, one of the specialised schools of Florence, also one month before the beginning of the selected summer or short course.
Each student can improve his knowledge of Italian language through the free distance learning study of some topics, offered through our Institute FAD platform, that includes the Glossary of Art and Restoration Technique, by using a password that the Institute Secretariat will send him at the time of registration.
There will not be any exam or checking test of applicants knowledge of Italian language before the beginning of the summer or short courses.