Departments at SRISA
SRISA provides courses in Fine Arts, Liberal Arts, Design and starting in Spring 2018 the new Education program. The wide range of upper and lower division course offerings in a whole range of topics ensures students can find the right courses to fit into their home curriculum.
The Fine Art Department at SRISA is distinct in Florence for its emphasis on working within a contemporary dialog. All Fine Arts courses at SRISA help provide students with both technical skills as well as helping to assist students in the development of a personal artistic vision and language.
SRISA has a vast array of lecture course available in many different areas such as Art History, History, Sociology, Psychology, Italian Culture, Literature and much more. Lecture courses when possible take advantage of the city of Florence and Italy in general to experience the materials being learned first hand.
The SRISA design department offers fashion, communication, and interior design students a fantastic selection of courses to choose from. While each department is unique, they share a commitment to sustainable, ethical design such as Design and Social Movements and Sustainable Fashion Design.
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Fine Arts Department
3D and 4D
- Advanced Studio Practices: Sculpture
- Fibers in Art
- Installation Art
- Introduction to Sculpture
- New Genres: Installation, Performance, New Media, and Site Specificity
- Performance Art
- Sculpture: The Medium is the Message
- The Book as Object and Artifact
- Video and Sound Art
Painting and Drawing
- Advanced Studio Practices: Drawing
- Advanced Studio Practices: Painting
- Beginning Painting
- Drawing Florence
- Drawing I
- Drawing II
- Drawing in the Expanded Field
- Figure Drawing
- Painting Florence
- Painting II
- Painting III
- Renaissance Drawing and Painting Techniques
- Renaissance Drawing Techniques
- Renaissance Painting Techniques
- The Florentine Sketchbook: Exploring Florence Through Art
Photography
- Advanced Photography
- Advanced Photography: Analog and Digital Photography
- Advanced Studio Practices: Photography
- Digital Photography
- Discovering Florence Through Photography
- Discovering Florence Through Photography: Digital
- Experimental Photography
- Florence by Night: Light Painting and Stop Motion Digital Photography
- History of Photography: A Hands-on Approach
- Independent Project Photography
- Introduction to Photography: Analog and Digital Photography
Printmaking and Book Arts
Liberal Arts Department
Art History
- Aesthetics of Performance Art
- Archaeology and Art of Ancient Italy (ISI)
- Art and Politics
- Art History: The Cinquecento
- Art History: The Italian Renaissance
- Art History: The Quattrocento
- Art Now: Contemporary Trends in Europe
- Curatorial Practices
- Feminism in Art
- Florentine Mannerism
- History of Contemporary Art
- History of Italian Design (ISI)
- History of Photography: A Hands-on Approach
- History of the Book: A Hands-on Approach
- Italian Architecture: Romanesque to Gothic
- Michelangelo, Bernini, and Caravaggio
- Neuroesthetics: Creativity and the Brain
- Romanesque to Gothic: Art in Tuscany
- Twentieth Century Italian Art
Communications
- Brand Promotion in the Digital Environment
- Intercultural Communications (ISI)
- New Media Communication: Marketing and Social Media
- Public Speaking: Communication Skills for Artists, Designers and Professionals
Gender Studies
History
- Ancient Roman and Etruscan Civilizations
- Ancient Roman History
- Ancient Rome: Civilization and Legacy (ISI)
- Archaeology and Art of Ancient Italy (ISI)
- Florence: The Story of the City (ISI)
- History and Politics of Modern Italy: Twentieth Century (ISI)
- History of Florence
- History of Italian Mafia
- History of Mafia and Global Crime (ISI)
- History of Medieval and Renaissance Florence
- History of Modern Italy
- History of Psychology and Psychoanalysis
- History of Science from the 13th to the 18th Century (ISI)
- History of the Jews in Italy: Renaissance to the Present (ISI)
- Italians Abroad: History of Italian Migration, 1861 to Present
- Mafia and the Italian Sociopolitical Controversy
- The Scientific Revolution (ISI)
- Women's History and Gender Equality Policies (ISI)
Italian Language
- Italian I
- Italian II
- Italian III
- Italian IV: Italian Culture and Advanced Language
- Qui si parla Italiano! Italian Conversation (Beginning Only)
Italian Studies
- Exploring Florence: Italian Culture and Sustainable Living
- Florence Neighborhoods: Discovering Culture and Lifestyle
- Food as Culture: Italian Cooking and Culinary Culture
- History of Italian Fashion
- History of Italian Opera
- Italian American Film: FF Coppola and Martin Scorsese
- Italian Cinema: 1942 to Present
- Landscape as Monument: Nature and Gardens through the Ages
- Teaching Methodologies: Introduction to Education in Italy, from Montessori to Reggio Emilia
- Viticulture: The Science of Wine
Literature and Writing
- 14th Century Italian Literature: Dante, Bocaccio, Petrarca
- Contemporary Italian Literature
- Creative Writing
- Dante’s Inferno
- English Literature: Florence and the Grand Tour
- Travel Writing Workshop
Marketing and Business
- Brand Management: Made in Italy (ISI)
- Brand Promotion in the Digital Environment
- Family Business in Italy (ISI)
- Marketing: The Italian Wine Industry
- The Business of Art: the Economics and Management of Culture (ISI)
Political Science and Economics
- Contemporary Italy: Literature, Cinema, Politics, and Culture
- Italian Politics and Government
- The Economic History of Europe
- The European Union (ISI)
- Women's History and Gender Equality Policies (ISI)
Psychology and Sociology
- Abnormal Psychology (ISI)
- Addiction: from Theory to Treatment (ISI)
- Behavioral Science: the Art of Persuasion (ISI)
- Clothing and Society
- Cross-Cultural Psychology (ISI)
- Diversity in Italy (ISI)
- Florence Neighborhoods: Discovering Culture and Lifestyle
- Forensic Psychology (ISI)
- History of Psychology and Psychoanalysis
- Identity and Culture in Italy: A Comparative Approach (ISI)
- Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations
Design Department
Architecture and Interior Design
- Advanced Interior Design Studio: Contemporary Design in an Historical Setting
- Architecture Design Studio V (ISI)
- Architecture Design Studio VI (ISI)
- Architecture in Italy: History and Preservation (ISI)
- Feng Shui and Holistic Design
- History of Interiors
- History of Italian Design (ISI)
- Interior Design: Small Spaces Studio
- Landscape Architecture: The Villa and the Garden (ISI)
- Landscape as Monument: Nature and Gardens through the Ages
- Material, Light, and Surface
- Sketchbook Studies: Italian Architecture and Interiors
- Urban Florence: Traveling Across Layers (ISI)
Communication Design
- Branding Design
- Design and Social Movements in History
- Florence Type-ologies
- Graphic Design for Artists: Photoshop(c), InDesign(c) and Illustrator (c)
- Graphic Design Studio
- Graphic Design: Florence, Signs of the City
- Illustration Studio: From the Verbal to the Visual
- Interactive Media Design
- Self Promotion and Portfolio
- Sustainable Print Design
- Typography
Fashion Design
- Advanced Fashion Illustration I
- Advanced Fashion Illustration II
- Advanced Patternmaking and Tailoring
- Clothing and Society
- Creative Accessories Design
- Design Studio: Re-Fashion
- Fashion Design Studio: Illustration and Construction
- Fashion Illustration I
- Fashion Illustration II
- Fashion Studio: Advanced Draping
- Fashion Studio: Knits and Wovens
- Fashion Studio: Menswear
- Garment Construction I
- Garment Construction II
- History of Italian Fashion
- Patternmaking
- Sustainable Clothing and Ethical Fashion
- The Italian Fashion Industry