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.Post-Bac in Conservation: Seminar II
Graduate
ART548 Post-Bac in Conservation: Seminar II3
Term: Spring
Prerequisites: Post-Bac in Conservation: Seminar I
Students gain an advanced understanding of how to utilize the many unique facilities that Florence offers for serious study and research in art conservation, archaeology, and art history. They continue to visit private and state conservation laboratories and diagnostics firms and learn how to undertake research in libraries, foundations, and conservation centers. Subjects explored in the Fall are investigated in greater depth and new topics are topics are introduced. Each student presents an oral report on his or her research and completes a thesis on an art-conservation topic selected by the student and approved by the instructor.
(See syllabus below. An updated syllabus will be posted at the beginning of each term.)
Syllabus & Faculty
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