amylin

I am considering spending two months in Venice. One of the things I want to do is take renaissance art courses in English but all I can find are study programs for undergraduates or masters degrees. Any ideas?

massimop

Do you mean hands-on art instruction or classroom lectures in history of art?

mama_mia

Some of the Italian language schools offer art history courses in addition to language study. They are short term and may not be as in-depth as you would like, but they would certainly be an introduction.

Christina

That's the best bet as it is fairly common for a language school to have some extra "electives". Or, places that cater to English-speaking tourists may have art workshop classes for painting/sketching itself, but obviously that isn't what the goal is.

This place sounds like it might have something like that
http://www.easyitalianlanguage.com/e...ourses-venice/

annw

Here's a long shot and maybe not your interest, but Orsoni has both a mosaic school and the furnace where they actually make the smalti (special mosaic glass). The maestra's English is limited but they do have translators and most of it is hands-on/demo anyway. Here's a link to some info about them:

http://europeforvisitors.com/venice/...ic-courses.htm

goddesstogo

My friend's daughter was an intern at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and they have some classes. Look under 'Training' here:

http://www.guggenheim-venice.it

If they don't have what you're looking for, perhaps you could contact their training/education department and see if they can suggest something for you elsewhere.