Applied Arts Courses in Florence: 1, 3 or 9 months

  Italy

• Florence: 
Florence

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Dates: Every month

Description: The courses are are offered in one month, three months or yearly (November-May) cycles. The courses' schedule is widely flexible: morning, afternoon or evening. All of them are conducted by qualified and professional artists and university professors. At the end of each course, will be issued a certificate released by an Academy of Fine Arts legally recognized by ministerial decree ( D.M.) 27.04.2000).

* Ceramics, Glasswork, Mosaics *
Using existing objects in a decorative and practical mode.

The interpreted and modified product can contribute, not only in elevating the aesthetics side of the objects but also improve it's practical and functional side.

Materials in use - terracotta, glass, colors (for glazed ceramics) and colors for stained glass work, paper and cardboard. The students will accomplish a personal development, thanks to experiencing in different camps of art.

* Ceramics
Plan and design on paper, use of colors.

Preparation and carving technique, drying and first in the hole cooking (biscottatura).
Vase decorating and painting, second cooking and colors. The second project is aimed for plan and realization of a relief and handles decoration. The student will learn how to create a realization of the vase, using the "colombino" technique. Here, too, the vase will be cooked and colored.

Materials in use - clay, chalk, glaze for ceramics, clay for ceramics.

* Mosaics

The first sketch has to be simple but can also be modified according to the demands presented during the working process. Designing the model sketch in a reduced scale, realization of the cardboard into realistic measure. The second action is laying, using the direct technique, when the mosaic pieces are applied to the support surface. The gluing coat is added step by step, with the progression of the composition. The final action is plastering the interspaces between the mosaic pieces.

* GLASS and the "vetrate colorate" technique

Also in that case we need to plan in advance the final outcome, and for this, it is preferred to create an initial project with a reduced scale' design, colored and detailed.
The design is the base from which created the "cartone" scale. From the "cartone" we can create a drawing over a special transparent paper the enables to transport the contour lines of each piece, aimed to be cut from the glass. The final action is assembling the glass templates together, glued and colored.

Materials in use - paper, colors, glass, glue, silicon.

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Cost in US$: Starting from 2,000 USD

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European and Kiwi Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Transcript
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is 2 weeks

Post Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

Morini & Rossi SAS's Mission Statement: Established on 2001, our firm offers academic programs taught in English by the highest ranking Italian and international universities and institutes of technology. Our audience is international students, corporations and professionals . With main offices in Tuscany, Morini & Rossi handles admission procedure, courses registration, search for accommodation, advisory services on visa procedure and travel arrangements. We often offer discounted rates. Our main partners are the Polytechnic University of Milan and Rome University II, Italian leading Higher Education institutes. Through us you can apply for admission into semester, Summer, Bachelor Degree, Diploma and Master Degree programs . Last but not least, you can apply for internships. We also offer FC Inter Milano, AC Milan and Arsenal FC team and Summer camps.

Year Founded: 2001