Monday, February 7, 2011

Italy Summer 2011 Field School - Historic Preservation & Restoration

We would like to inform you about our summer 2011 field school, the San Gemini Preservation Studies Program, now in its 12th year, which is dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage and offers students the opportunity to study and travel in Italy. This year, we continue with our courses on architecture, ceramics and art restoration, and have added a course on paper restoration.


Courses offered:
Introduction to Art and Building Restoration in Italy
Surveying and Analyzing Historic Buildings
Introduction to Conservation of Archeological Ceramics
Introduction to Paper Restoration
Traditional Painting Methods and Restoration Techniques
Restoration Issues and Theory in Italy
Field Projects:
Restoration of the Porta Burgis
Surveying the 12th Century San Giovanni Battista Church complex
Surveying the Church of Santo Gemine
Archaeological survey of the public baths in Carsulae
To find out more about our program and review the syllabi, please visit our website: HTTP://SANGEMINISTUDIES.ORG
Our courses are open to students from various disciplines, both undergraduate and graduate. All lessons are taught in English.

If you know any students, scholars, or others interested in this type of study, please inform them about our program. We would appreciate it if you could list our program on your organization's website as an available educational resource.

We have a 2011 flyer that you may wish to post on your department notice board or forward to interested parties. You can print this from our website, on our About Us page (http://sangeministudies.info/contac-us/about-us). Please let us know if you have any problem printing and we can email you the PDF.

Thank you very much.

Cordially, Max Cardillo

Director, San Gemini Preservation Studies Program
International Institute for Restoration & Preservation Studies
US Tel: (718) 768-3508
www.sangeministudies.org