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

• Roberta Lapucci (Spring 2020)