Restoration and Conservation Certificate | Diploma / certificate | Art & Design | On Campus | 1 or 2 years | Lorenzo de' Medici - The Italian International Institute | Italy

The Restoration and Conservation Certificate is a structured program that aims to train a new generation of future professional conservators in the fundamentals of the ancient Italian and Florentine tradition of restoration and conservation, while integrating it with state-of-the-art techniques and knowledge. The goal is to ensure that students arrive at the highest standard of practice to set them on their path to work professionally in the field. The program is structured as a sequence of courses that embrace both theoretical academic knowledge and technical skills needed in this profession. Through a hands-on approach to restoration with a focus on frescoes, paintings, and polychrome wooden sculpture, students learn to engage in a dialogue with each work by embracing it in its complex entirety. The student must manage both the language of art and science to arrive at the most appropriate treatment. In order to accomplish this, there must be a complete understanding of how a piece was created and of the techniques and materials utilized while taking into consideration their properties and characteristics.