Accademia Europea di Firenze is an Italian language, culture, art and music school situated right in the heart of historic Florence. The Accademia is located at the Via Roma, exactly in the center of Florence historical sites, between the Duomo and the Repubblica square. Our  high standard of teaching makes us the fastest-growing school in Florence in recent years while still retaining our fun and pleasant atmosphere.  Our main objective is to offer high quality courses in every subject we teach, through fully qualified and highly trained instructors.

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Our school offers Art Courses, Music Courses, Cooking Classes, Culture, Italian Language Courses.

Our Art Courses include: Figure Drawing; Sketches of Florence; Watercolor; Oil Painting; Ceramics; Sculpture; Appraisal of Antiques; Refurbishing; Photography.

Music Courses: Neapolitan Song; Group Singers; Diction for Singers; History of Italian Music; History and Language of Melodrama; Opera Directing; Opera Libretti; Piano Accompaniment; Piano - Elementary/ Advanced; Musical Instruments; Vocal Technique for Lyrical Singers; Vocal Music of the Middle Ages- the Renaissance and the Baroque; Interpretation of Chamber Lyrics.

We can help our students to find the most suitable accommodation for the duration of their studies:

Family Homestay:
Living with a host Italian family is a good way to practice the language and experience the Italian way of life. The host families usually speak only their native tongue so it is an excellent way to improve your newly acquired language skills. All families are used to hosting foreign students and willing to share with you their daily routines and traditions so that you gain a deeper understanding of their culture.

Student Apartment:
This option allows students to share an apartment with other foreign or Italian students. Apartments are comfortable and well equipped and furnished.

Private Apartment:
This is the best option for those who want to be completely independent and free to host friends and family. All apartments are furnished and equipped with kitchen utensils.

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We provide a wide range of Italian language classes, art courses, music courses among many others. Our Art Courses include:

Figure Drawing
Students will learn the basic techniques of drawing (line, space, form, texture), the use of the materials and techniques to draw from still-life compositions.
Beginning with pencils, the students will also learn to use charcoal and sanguine. More advanced students will then move on to drawing from life models, thereby furthering the study of anatomy and figure-space relationships.


Sketches of Florence
The students will draw views of everyday life as well as the landscape of Florence which they find most interesting or significant. The mediums used will vary from charcoal to pencil, from ink to colored pencils and watercolors.


Watercolor
After having studied the basic notions of color theory and the techniques of form and content, transparency and opacity through the "language" of figurative painting, the students will begin to paint on paper. In each class, students will practice and apply skills to various themes and challenges. The goal of the watercolor course is to improve or perfect the skills they need to pursue this medium independently.


Oil Painting
At the AEF you will learn how to use this ancient expressionist form of painting and learn the techniques. This course is designed for aspiring or professional artists looking for new approaches or searching for a deeper knowledge of creative processes involved in artistry.


Ceramics
The beginners' ceramic course in Florence will help the student to become acquainted with ceramics and all the potential forms it might take and which techniques should be applied to achieve each one. The course contemplates all the primary methods of molding and adorning clay, covering the essential theoretic information about the nature of clay and glazes. The intermediate ceramic course in Florence is designed to provide students who already have covered all the basic notions of building and glazing of ceramics among some other basic techniques.


Sculpture
The AEF offers a complete sculpture course enabling you to develop and perfect your sculpting skills, transforming shapeless mediums into beautiful and intriguing works of art. This is a course for those interested in learning or perfecting the technique of clay modeling. The students will create their sculptures by using both their hands and with the use of simple but irreplaceable tools.


Appraisal of Antiques
This is a specialized course for students in field of antiques or restoration or even for antique lovers. The course will teach students how to correctly evaluate the origin and age of antique objects and furniture.


Refurbishing
This course is indicated for those who are interested in starting and specializing about the techniques of refurbishing books, drawings, or antique paintings.  After some introductory theory refurbishing lessons and its appropriate materials and equipments, the students will learn to take the books to pieces, clean, and refurbish the papers; and also to amend volumes with paper, parchment and leather, and to make pictorial repairs in drawings and paintings.


Photography
This beginners course begins with the understanding the basics of photography: the camera and how it works (the light meter, aperture, shutter and film speeds) as well as the use of the darkroom (developing film, printing photographs, enlarging, techniques for correcting exposure, etc.).