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
- 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
- Advanced Studio: Painting and Drawing
- Beginning Painting
- Drawing Florence
- Drawing I
- Drawing II
- Drawing in the Expanded Field
- Figure Drawing
- On-Site Painting
- Painting II
- Painting III
- Renaissance Painting Techniques
Photography
- Advanced Photography
- Advanced Photography: Analog and Digital Photography
- Advanced Studio Practices
- 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
- Art History: The Cinquecento
- Art History: The Italian Renaissance
- Art History: The Quattrocento
- Art in the Public Sphere
- Art Now: Contemporary Trends in Europe
- Curatorial Studies
- Feminism in Art
- Florentine Mannerism
- History of Contemporary Art
- 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
- 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
- History of Florence
- History of Italian Mafia
- History of Medieval and Renaissance Florence
- History of Modern Italy
- History of Psychology and Psychoanalysis
- Italians Abroad: History of Italian Migration, 1861 to Present
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
- 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
- Teaching Methodologies: Introduction to Education in Italy, from Montessori to Reggio Emilia
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
Political Science and Economics
- Contemporary Italy: Literature, Cinema, Politics, and Culture
- Italian Politics and Government
- The Economic History of Europe
- The European Union
Psychology and Sociology
Design Department
Communication Design
- Branding Design
- Design and Social Movements in History
- Graphic Design for Artists: Photoshop(c), InDesign(c) and Illustrator (c)
- Graphic Design Studio
- Illustration Studio: From the Verbal to the Visual
- Interactive Media Design
- Self Promotion and Portfolio
- Sustainable Print Design
- Typography
Fashion Design
- Clothing and Society
- Creative Accessories Design
- Fashion Design Studio: Illustration and Construction
- Fashion Illustration I
- Fashion Illustration II
- Garment Construction I
- Garment Construction II
- History of Italian Fashion
- Patternmaking
- Sustainable Fashion and Ethical Clothing
- The Italian Fashion Industry
Interior Design
- Advanced Interior Design Studio: Contemporary Design in an Historical Setting
- History of Interiors
- Interior Design: Small Spaces Studio
- Material, Light, and Surface
- Sketchbook Studies: Italian Architecture and Interiors