Starting dates: every week for non-beginners
Duration: 2 or 4 weeks (prolongable)
Lessons: 2 afternoon meetings of approx. 3 lessons per week; 12 lessons in 2 weeks, 24 lessons in 4 weeks
Tuition: all 6 ability levels
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This course, available to beginners and advanced students, has a duration of 2 or 4 weeks (prolongable) and is usually organized in the following way: Realistic representation of still life, importance of lines in an object’s character, discovery of chiaroscuro and perspective. The course will be held in two afternoon lessons of about 3 hours each per week. Lesson can be held in Italian, English and French

Starting dates: every week for non-beginners
Duration: 2 or 4 weeks (prolongable)
Lessons: 2 afternoon meetings of approx. 3 lessons per week; 12 lessons in 2 weeks, 24 lessons in 4 weeks
Tuition: all 6 ability levels
Dates and Prices

The course is outlined for those students that have already a good drawing ability and would like to learn watercolour techniques.

The initial lessons include the basic techniques of painting and watercolour; students will work in monochrome and progress to working with a palette of warm and cold contrasting colours. Advanced students with a good knowledge of the techniques will be supervised by the teacher with whom students can discuss their work. The course will be held in two afternoon lessons of about 3 hours each per week. Lesson can be held in Italian, English and French.

Starting dates: every week for non-beginners (the course is not held in the month of August)
Duration: 2 Weeks
Lessons:12 in 2 weeks
Tuition:3rd ability level and above
Dates and Prices

Have you ever wondered why Italy is world-famous for its design? This course will enable you to study the history of Italian Design and learn about the influence of Italian design in daily life.

The course "History of Italian design from its origins to the present" has the following program:

The first decades of the 20th century:

• How and why the design had its beginnings in Italy;
• Furniture among artisans and industry;
• Futurism as freedom of expression.

The 30s and the 40s:

• Between rationalism and autonomy - from Terragni to Ferragamo;
• Changes in style of a nation living under a fascist regime.

The 50s:

• Italian design is born - awards and recognition.

The 60s:

• Plastic - the exuberance of forms and colours.

The 70s:

• Great recognition for aesthetics and technology.

The 80s:

• Post-modern - contemporary classical style;
• Abstraction and new colourings.

The 90s:

• Influence and clash of Italian design in daily life.

Starting dates: every week for non-beginners (the course is not held in the month of August)
Duration: 2 Weeks
Lessons: 12 in 2 weeks
Tuition: 3rd ability level and above
Dates and Prices

Armani, Ferré, Ferragamo, Versace and many more famous Italian fashion designers are waiting to be discovered in our Italian Fashion course.

The program of the course «The History of Italian Fashion» is as follows:

Palazzo Pitti and the birth of Italian fashion:

• Why the Italian fashion was born in Florence;
• The «Sala Bianca» - the first Italian fashion show;
• Recognition and success of «made in Italy».

Graphic fashion and publicity:

• The influence of art on fashion;
• How publicity enters the world of fashion.

Italian fashion and the cinema:

• From the sandals of Salvatore Ferragamo for Marylin Monroe to the dresses of Giorgio Armani for the new American stars;
• Fashion in theatres and the cinema.

History of Italian style:

• The great masters of «made in Italy»;
• The new masters of «made in Italy».

The masterminds of fashion:

• From Roberto Capucci to Gianfranco Ferré.

Fashion for youngsters:

• From Fiorucci to Benetton.

Starting dates: every Monday, all year round
Duration: Minimum 12 Weeks
Lessons: 4 per day, 20 per week
Tuition: intermediate ability level recommended
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At our school center in Florence we offer Courses in Jewellery, Stone Setting, Chasing and Gemology combined with our language courses, lasting 3 months to one year.

Jewellery
This course is directed to the making of high quality objects. The course includes different ways of Goldsmithing. At the beginning students learn to make simple objects to get acquainted with the tools and various material, and how to handle the different gems and metals. Afterwards they learn how to give shapes to the metal plates and wires, and how to make modern objects with mobile elements and parts made with metal embossement techniques. The third part of more classical teaching will be using techniques like: Open-working (boring), Florentine Style and elements constructed with metal wires.
This course also includes Design lessons and also Wax-working lessons.

Stone Setting
This course helps to experiment all the most used stone setting systems. Starting with metal plates the students are brought to learn how to use the tools and gems. Students are given semi-finished jewels given them by the best Goldsmiths in Florence. The quantity and variety of those objects helps to see and repeat the most commonly used types of stone setting, reaching in the end those types less used. Although this course is studied for students starting at zero, it is also suited for craftsmen and stone setters who want to borden their knowledge with the newest techniques.

Chasing
The Chisel & Embossed Work Course provides the three most important stages, which will instruct the attendance at technical and practical abilities for jewel and silver chisel.

Jewellery Open Work
This course “Traforo Fiorentino” teaches the refinement of the jewellery which has made Florence famous all over the world: the “Florentine Style”.

Engraving
Course to obtain charming designs, simple and particular inscriptions from the precious metal, all with the guidance of real craftsmen who have been working in the sector for many years.

Wax Working
In the Wax Casting course students learn to extract, from the soft wax, the most fantasy filled forms to curry out in precious metals. Participants will be modelling the different types of wax (hard, medium, soft, tube, slab, block), use of the saw, scalpels, files, emery-paper and spirit lamp, soldering techniques with electric pen, bezel making for stones and settings, polishing of the wax prototype and finishing of the piece and casting with metal fusion.

Gemology
The Gemology Course is the best opportunity to have an adequate road to be followed for dealers, shopkeepers and artisans who have to do, for their profession, with the analysis and the recognition of the gems.

Jewellery Design
The Jewellery Design Course is oganized in order to hold account of the various levels of preparation of students. Much importance will be given to upgrades of the imaginative and creative work of every participant in order to make him understand the importance of the smallest intuition in the planning of the jewellery.

Duration: from 2 to 24 weeks
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The course is intended for students who wish to attend Italian Fashion and Design Academies such as: NABA, Domus Academy, Istituto Marangoni, Polimoda, Scuola Politecnico di Design, Fashion School Carlo Secoli, UptoDate Fashion Academy, Istituto Europeo di Design, etc.

The main objective of the course is to enable the students to immediately take up their studies at the chosen Fashion or Design Academy and to help them to pass the entrance exam if required.

Find here all information about our Preparatory courses for Fashion & Design Academies

Starting dates: please click here
Duration Language Course: min. 4 weeks
Duration Art Course: 1 semester (approx. 12 weeks)
Lessons Language Course: min. 80 lessons (4 per day, 20 per week)
Lessons Art Course: 144 lessons
Tuition: on all 6 (monthly) ability levels
Class size: max. 12 participants in language course class
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Thanks to the collaboration with NABA (New Academy of Fine Arts and Design), we are able to offer our students the possibility of attending a semester inside a recognized University of Arts, choosing between one of the following areas:

• Visual Arts (painting, drawing, photograpy...)
• Fashion design
• Graphic Design and Art Direction

Before starting the semester program, it is necessary that the students reach a good level of Italian language.
You can follow 4 or more weeks of intensive language classes and further on, during the semester you may improve your knowledge by following one of our extensive group lessons. The following are the language requirements that academy is requesting:

• Oriental and Middle Eastern students: 480 lessons of standard language course;
• Students from UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: 400 lessons of standard language course;
• Other European students: 320 lessons of standard language course;
• Spanish, Portuguese and Southamerican students: 160 lessons of standard language course.

The Art and Design program has the duration of approximately 12 weeks consisting of 144 lessons. The courses are held in late afternoon and evening hours usually from 18:30 to 21:30. This time table allows students with insufficient knowledge of Italian to continue the Italian classes and to follow art and design courses at the same time.

Starting dates: special starting dates, please click here
Duration: 3 weeks
Lessons: 20 hours in class + 20 hours Show Room and Fashion Show visits
Tuition: from the 3rd ability level on
Class size: min. 2 - max. 12 participants in each class
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Are you a fan of “Made in Italy” and a fashion addict? 
Whether you an amateur or a professional, you will surely enjoy our preparatory course for Fashion Shows.  Designed to give you the opportunity to live and taste the real Italian fashion world, the course is focused on Milan as a fashion capital and it's importance in setting  trends and creating new directions. 
Extremely practical, the course will give you a chance to meet people from the design and fashion field. Lessons are taught by professionals and university teachers, and are supported with 20 hours of fashion-oriented visits to show rooms, fashion shows, design fairs, design and fashion magazines, and other events that may be happening at that time.

Introduction, Intermediate and Advanced Levels
Starting dates: from June 29th to July 10th (introduction and intermediate levels)
from July 14th to July 24th (intermediate levels)
from June 29th to July 24th (advanced levels)
Duration: 2 weeks

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Thanks to the collaboration with the Italian Fashion School Naba and with Art Courses in Italy, we're now able to offer you a wide choice of high quality Design Summer Courses in Milan.

Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti offers a Quality Design Education Group providing the complete picture for art, design and fashion education in the world's capital of design and applied arts.

NABA features a wide choice of Design Summer Courses. NABA offers Introduction Courses, open to students with a high school diploma and from first and second year of university. The Summer Courses offer a wide and updated synthesis of NABA's know-hows, together with the opportunity to experiment a topical project theme, under the guidance of important professionals and in co-operation with big companies.

Find all information about Design Summer Courses in Milan.