Certificate Programs in Art Studies in Italy 2023

The program includes copying paintings of old masters and learning their original techniques while learning to restore artworks. Upon completion of the three-year program, the student graduates with a diploma. Upon completion of one - year program, the students receive a certificate. -

The sculpture is offered in Florence. Our program provides a strong foundation in sculpture by focusing on the development of primary craft skills. In order to understand the complexities of form in space, the program emphasizes the use of observation and structural knowledge to develop a capacity for visual judgment and visual accuracy. Students are taught not to stray towards mannerism. Also central to the program is teaching students to be self-critical. -

The AEF Drawing and Painting Certificate Program prepares students for professional careers in art, focusing on bidimensional art Drawing/Painting Track. This practice-based course develops the student's ability to express ideas through painting and drawing and is supported by an integrated theory program. -

East Exit is a program of scholarships open to students of art in Eastern Europe. The program is a semester abroad dedicated to a large range of students' interests and takes place in Spring & Fall terms (Spring semester runs February-May, Fall semester runs September-December). Scholarships offered by the Siena Art Institute for East Exit students cover full tuition or 80% of the tuition expenses. -

Student and graduate work are directly affected by the philosophy, teaching methodology, and physical structure of the studio in which it is created. A distinguishing characteristic of The Florence Academy of Art is that we require all our students to work from life under natural north light, in the tradition of the masters of the past whom we admire: Titian, Rembrandt, Velázquez, and Sargent, to name a few. Our students do not idly copy their subjects but instead, learn to translate nature in a way that is both anatomically accurate and artistically beautiful. Long poses may last three hours a day, five days a week for four or five weeks. This gives artists time to work out problems and produce a competent drawing or painting. Natural light allows students to select a specific area of the painting to keep in sharp focus while peripheral areas remain out of focus, just as the eye sees in nature: there are no edges in natural light, but soft gradations of light to dark. A sight-size method is a helpful tool, and we apply it in the early stages of the curriculum when students are learning measurement, proportion, and shadow shape. Artists at the advanced levels are taught to apply comparative measurements when necessary. -