The 2012 INTBAU ITALIAN programme
Italian tradition in drawing, painting and architecture
3 weeks, September 2012, from 8 to 29
The aim of the summer programme is to introduce participants to the issues of the Italian tradition in drawing, painting and architecture.
The School is a 3-week journey dedicated to the study of Italian cities influenced by the Renaissance culture according to local traditions, building skills and art and craft techniques too.
The Summer programme is a studio of practical intent, giving the opportunity to improve techniques of surveying, analyzing, and drawing places, architectural landmarks, masterpieces of art and craft.
Italy offers an abundance of universal templates, living lessons for everybody interested to culture of places, traditions and life through its heritage of Art, Design and Architecture.
The course objectives:
• to have a strong understanding of Italy’s diverse history, culture, traditions, art, architecture and design;
• to be able to perform architectural and urban design technical sketching from observation to more formal layouts;
• to gain immense knowledge on the famous architects and masterplanners, such as Alberti, Bernini, Bibiena, Borromini, Bramante, Brunelleschi, Piero della Francesca, Giotto, Michelangelo, Raffaello, Romano and others;
• to be exposed to the art of making places, traditional architecture, heritage regeneration, restoration and conservation methods.
TENTATIVE ITINERARY
Week 1 - 8 Arrival / 8-15 Roma
Roma (Colosseo, Piazza del Campidoglio, Villa Giulia, Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Fontana di Trevi, Piazza di Spagna, Villa Borghese, Galleria Spada, Piazza San Pietro, Musei Vaticani, Castel Sant'Angelo, Appia Antica)
Week 2 - 15-22 Firenze with daily tours to Pisa, Arezzo & Sansepolcro (Arezzo)
Firenze (Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio, Santa Maria del Fiore, Battistero, Galleria degli Uffizi, Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Pitti, Giardino di Boboli)
Pisa (Campo dei Miracoli, Torre di Pisa, Battistero)
Sansepolcro & Arezzo (Duomo di Arezzo, Museo Civico di Sansepolcro, Piero della Francesca)
Week 3 - 22-28 Bologna with daily tours to Padova, Mantova, Urbino / 29 Departure
Bologna (Piazza Maggiore, Portico dei Banchi, Basilica delle sette chiese, Piazza Santo Stefano, Pinacoteca e Accademia di Belle Arti, Basilica e portico di San Luca)
Padova (Prato della Valle, Basilica di Sant’Antonio, Cappella degli Scrovegni)
Mantova (Piazza delle Erbe, Basilica di Sant’Andrea, Palazzo Te)
Urbino (Piazza Rinascimento, Palazzo Ducale)
Organization
INTBAU ITALIA - The International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism
ST PETERBURG ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS
with the support of Politecnico di Milano - Scuola del Design
Information and application:
Prof. Giuseppe Amoruso
giuseppe.amoruso@polimi.it / mobile +39 339 72 32 347
