CorsiCourses in English

From 2024 onwards, the Institute for Art and Restoration - Palazzo Spinelli will be organising short courses and online courses in English. Our expert professors have put together a series of programmes in pratical art restoration as well as management of cultural heritage for an international audience; people who would like to come to Florence for a study-holiday and gain practical insight into restoration techniques, or people living and working around the world in heritage-related fields who would like to study online for easily-accessible professional development.

Theory of Perception and Visual Languages
Online
dal 07/02/2025 al 11/04/2025
A theoretical and practical course that aims to define the act of perception and the multiple factors that contribute to the process contextualised through and analysis on visual languages.
Paintings Restoration
Firenze
dal 05/05/2025 al 16/05/2025
The introductory Paintings Restoration course, held in English in our laboratories in Florence, allows participants to gain initial practical insight into the study of paintings to evaluate types of damage and carry out restoration work on both the painting and the support.
Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property
Online
dal 06/05/2025 al 12/06/2025
A theoretical and practical course that analyses the phenomenon of illicit trafficking of cultural heritage in transversal fields: criminological, legislative, political, economic, cultural and ethical.
Relining Techniques on Paintings
Firenze
dal 19/05/2025 al 30/05/2025
The course is addressed to conservators who are interested in working in a practical hands on way to understand how the relining has been used over the centuries and is still in use