Studio Arts College International (SACI) is more than an opportunity to study abroad in the birthplace of the Renaissance: it’s an experience you will carry with you, in your career and throughout your life.
Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), SACI offers a wide range of innovative, hands-on graduate and undergraduate programs in traditional and contemporary studio arts, design, conservation, art history, and Italian language and culture.
Surrounded by the great masterpieces of another age and a lively community of contemporary artists, studying at SACI is not only an opportunity to discover what came before you, but to be part of a vibrant culture that is overflowing with artistic life.
Begin a creative journey that will prepare you to succeed in the competitive art world. Many partial scholarships are available for undergraduate and graduate study at SACI. We offer an easy online application process that you can use to submit and check on the status of your application.Conservation I
Undergraduate
ARTS(PC-1)400 Conservation I3
Term: Fall, Spring, Summer I, Summer II
Prerequisites: None
This course fully introduces the student to the study of painting conservation, paying particular attention to materials and techniques. Systems developed in Italy as well as those developed in the United States are studied. Students examine and work on actual damaged paintings, observing changes resulting from time and adverse environmental conditions, and learn to resolve problems through restoration procedures. Ethical guidelines, developed by modern art conservators, are discussed as the student participates in the restoration of damaged paintings. After a full analysis of the work, tests are performed to determine the appropriate restorative method to be used. Relining of the support, cleaning, plastering, and stabilizing of the color are carried out. Students also practice inpainting procedures in order to restore unity to an image damaged by loss of color using both “tratteggio” and deceptive methods. Visits are made to view great works of art which are either currently under restoration or have been recently restored, such as Masaccio’s Brancacci Chapel, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescoes, Raphael’s Palazzo Farnesina frescoes, and Simone Martini’s Maestà in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena.
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(See syllabus below. An updated syllabus will be posted at the beginning of each term.)
Syllabus & Faculty
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