THREE YEARS' PROFESSIONAL COURSES: RESTORATION

The three-year professional courses organized by L.A.B.A. have an annual duration (November-May), containing about 500 hours a year. The courses are available in flexible hours; morning, afternoon and evening. All of the courses are conducted by qualified and professional professors. Final exams will take place at the end of May. A three-year professional diploma will be issued at the end of each course, released by L.A.B.A. (Libera Accademia di Belle Arti Leg. Ric. con D.M. 27/04/2000).

The three-year course addresses themes and problems as well as their currently used solutions and demonstrate the roles and the environment in which the restorer will find himself as he enters the working world. The theoretical component and the practical approach are described and explained step by step. The studies will regard mainly the manufacturing of stone-like materials, plaster, and marble fragments as well as wall paintings, carried through the fresh and the dry techniques. Wood, stucco, and marble will be also concerned. Performance techniques, typology of materials, their deterioration and the ways to recover those damages as well as theory of color, reproduction in two and three dimension, deterioration mapping, making an estimation and site security regulations. Relevant texts will be indicated and referenced according to the material studied.

LABA has activated collaborations specifically within the Restoration department with the Sovraintendenza ai Beni Artistici e Storici (The Historical Monuments and Fine Art’s Office) and with the Archaeology Museum in Florence.  

THREE YEAR STUDY PROGRAM

COURSES	CHAIR
LAB. OF RESTORATION OF PAYNTINGS	TWO YEARS
ART HISTORY	TWO YEARS
PAINTING TECHNIQUES	ONE YEAR
TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR DIAGNOSTICS	ONE YEAR
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE	ONE YEAR
EXPLOITATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE	ONE YEAR
FRESSCO’S RESTORATION	TWO YEARS
ENGLISH	ONE YEAR
WOOD RESTORATION	ONE YEAR
CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS FOR THE RESTORATION	ONE YEAR
RESTORATION OF STONE-LIKE MATERIALS	TWO YEARS
LEGISLATION	ONE YEAR
HISTORY OF RESTORATION	ONE YEAR
TECHNOLOGY OF MATERIALS	TWO YEARS

The students have to sustain at least 15 exams during the three years of study