The aim of the study courses to obtain the first level Degree of the School of Decoration is to ensure adequate mastery of the artistic methods and techniques, as well as the acquisition of specific disciplinary and professional skills in order to furnish students with the knowledge and methodologies of design and expression in the use of artistic tools and practices, both the traditional tools and the new technologies.
The School’s courses are aimed at acquiring the general and technical knowledge to implement projects, interventions on the territory, environmental works, as well as pursuing in-depth inquiries and research into the artistic-visual languages.
Graduates of the School’s degree courses must:
1) possess sufficient technical-operational mastery of the methods and contents regarding the research sectors in their various fields of the arts, the techniques and technologies of visual and plastic arts, with reference to decoration;
2) possess the methodological and critical tools needed to acquire expertise in the expressive languages, techniques and the most advanced respective technologies;
3) be able to effectively use the English language, in addition to the mother tongue, in the specific area of expertise and to exchange general information;
4) possess the expertise and tools required to communicate and manage information, especially with digital tools.
Graduates of the School will conduct professional activities in various fields, both in artistic freelancing and in the field of the visual arts and creative activities, as well as collaborating, in relation to the various fields of application, with the planning, design and implementation of the specific interventions of decoration, as much in the field of the instruments connected to tradition as in the new technologies and the new linguistic expressions that can be encountered in national and international exhibitions.
The Academy will organise, in agreement with public and private organisations, the most appropriate internships and work placements in order to attain the specific professional skills, and will additionally define specific educational models for every study course.
Per essere ammessi al corso di Diploma Accademico di primo livello occorre essere in possesso di un diploma di scuola secondaria superiore o di altro titolo di studio conseguito all’estero, riconosciuto idoneo. La selezione degli studenti ammessi al corso viene fatta su base di un esame di ammissione finalizzato all’individuazione delle qualità formali e delle competenze tecnico-artistiche possedute dal candidato, con particolare riferimento alle tecniche della rappresentazione e della progettazione.
Le prove di ammissione prevedono:
– prova di disegno dal vero, con uso, o non, di modelli viventi o di qualunque altro soggetto, a seconda delle scelte della Commissione;
Le prove si svolgeranno in giorni successivi e termineranno con un colloquio attitudinale.
La prova finale si compone di:
– un progetto consistente nella produzione di elaborati su tema specificamente assegnato dal docente del corso della disciplina d’indirizzo cui lo studente risulta iscritto;
– una tesi di carattere storico-teorico o metodologico o tecnico-artistico, sotto forma di saggio breve, in una delle discipline comprese nel curriculum didattico o nel piano personale di studi svolta sotto la guida di un docente responsabile (relatore).