- Advanced Fresco Painting and Restoration
- Advanced Painting Conservation
- Advanced Project for Fresco and Mural Painting Restoration
- Advanced Project for Painting Conservation
- Archaeology Workshop
- Drawing for Conservators
- Florence and Central Italy Easel Paintings and Wood Conservation Workshop
- Florence and Central Italy Fresco, Easel Painting, and Wood Conservation Workshop
- Fresco Painting and Restoration I
- Fresco Painting and Restoration II
- Furniture, Wood Objects, and Gilding Conservation
- Historical Painting Lab I
- Historical Painting Lab II
- Painting Conservation I
- Painting Conservation II
- Science for Conservators II
- Special Topics in Restoration
- Theory of Conservation
Restoration
The LdM Restoration Department’s mission is to train future conservators in the highest standard of practice, preparing them to work professionally in the preservation of artistic and cultural treasures. Guided by faculty, who are dedicated mentors, students explore the academic, practical, technical, and decision-making processes of the study of conservation and its applications.
The curriculum of the Department follows a theoretical and hands-on approach. Students can deepen their knowledge of mural restoration (frescos) or painting conservation alongside the methodological approaches and practical skills that range from introductory to advanced levels, learning a wide array of supporting scientific and analytical techniques. The coursework provides fundamental knowledge in the structure, properties and conservation of materials, as well as documentation methods and ethics.
With practical training, students apply methods and skills learned in LdM’s professionally equipped laboratory or on-site in and around Florence, while building their professional portfolio. LdM’s faculty are among the experts who have restored the Magi Chapel in Florence’s Palazzo Medici-Riccardi and paintings in the Uffizi Gallery, and who collaborate with the world’s top restoration institutions like Florence’s Opificio delle Pietre Dure.
Through well-designed collaborations, students study in-depth the chemical principles and methods in conservation work. At the LdM Restoration Department headquarters, students have the chance to be involved in the restoration of ancient Etruscan artifacts, thanks to the CAMNES-LdM Archaeology Lab. The Department also offers specialized seminars and lectures to raise awareness of other areas of restoration.
LdM students who explore the field of restoration and conservation have great opportunities to travel in Italy and all over the world, working directly on originals from the 14th to 19th centuries. Students at the Restoration Department have worked on artifacts in the Medici Chapel Museum among other historical sites in Florence. They have traveled to Nepal in collaboration with the University of Kathmandu to work in both Hindu and Buddhist temples; to India to work on frescos and paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries; to Chile to work at the Pablo Neruda Museum; to Argentina to work on the sculptures of Piazza Italia; and recently to the Easter Island to restore the famous Moai statues.
The LdM Restoration Department’s mission is to train future conservators in the highest standard of practice, preparing them to work professionally in the preservation of artistic and cultural treasures. Guided by faculty, who are dedicated mentors, students explore the academic, practical, technical, and decision-making processes of the study of conservation and its applications.
The curriculum of the Department follows a theoretical and hands-on approach. Students can deepen their knowledge of mural restoration (frescos) or painting conservation alongside the methodological approaches and practical skills that range from introductory to advanced levels, learning a wide array of supporting scientific and analytical techniques. The coursework provides fundamental knowledge in the structure, properties and conservation of materials, as well as documentation methods and ethics.
With practical training, students apply methods and skills learned in LdM’s professionally equipped laboratory or on-site in and around Florence, while building their professional portfolio. LdM’s faculty are among the experts who have restored the Magi Chapel in Florence’s Palazzo Medici-Riccardi and paintings in the Uffizi Gallery, and who collaborate with the world’s top restoration institutions like Florence’s Opificio delle Pietre Dure.
Through well-designed collaborations, students study in-depth the chemical principles and methods in conservation work. At the LdM Restoration Department headquarters, students have the chance to be involved in the restoration of ancient Etruscan artifacts, thanks to the CAMNES-LdM Archaeology Lab. The Department also offers specialized seminars and lectures to raise awareness of other areas of restoration.
LdM students who explore the field of restoration and conservation have great opportunities to travel in Italy and all over the world, working directly on originals from the 14th to 19th centuries. Students at the Restoration Department have worked on artifacts in the Medici Chapel Museum among other historical sites in Florence. They have traveled to Nepal in collaboration with the University of Kathmandu to work in both Hindu and Buddhist temples; to India to work on frescos and paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries; to Chile to work at the Pablo Neruda Museum; to Argentina to work on the sculptures of Piazza Italia; and recently to the Easter Island to restore the famous Moai statues.