The courses, as described, may be subject to change as a result of ongoing curricular revisions, assignment of lecturers and teaching staff, and program development. Art History should they meet the language prerequisites. These introductory courses initiate students into the techniques, tools, and materials used in the restoration of painting, sculpture, and ceramics. Each course is taught in the classrooms and laboratory of the Escuela de Artes Aplicadas and is heavily oriented towards hands-on activities rather than readings or lectures about the difficulties of art restoration. The objective is for participants to gain the basic skills in the restoration and preservation of works of art.
Participants visit sites where professionals in the field perform the activities practiced in class.
All through this two-stage process, translators are on hand to facilitate communication between students and the instructors. Readings are given in English. Each option is built around the issues of restoration versus conservation of different types of works of art. This course introduces participants to the appreciation of the European city as an artistic patrimony and reservoir of centuries of art, making restoration a necessary field of professional activity in urban areas of Europe. Seville, with more than 2,500 years of history in its architecture and art, gives endless examples of restoration in progress.