Today we toured the Instituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro (ICR). Talking with conservators about the program, they explained entrance tests including the following: a drawing test, complete reproduction, reproduction of material, color test, and fills. The program lasts for 5 years with one free month in August. Classes are 6 days a week and are further divided into two parts, 3 days for practical work and 3 days for more theory oriented material (general chemistry and history subjects). We were all amazed at the beautiful conservation labs and program.
After touring ICR, we visited the Capitoline Museum, seeing sculptures such as the bronze she wolf with Romulus and Remus and the bronze Marcus Aurelius on his horse. We then returned to the convent for one of the best dinners of our lives, begining with truffle bruschetta (made even more amazing by the fact that none of us could have afforded it at a restaurant back home!), and followed by the main meal of hand-made pizza by the fabulous cook at the convent, Maria. And lastly, Prosecco and a chocolate and pear vanilla cake because it was one of our birthdays.
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