Cantieri didattici del Bachelor in Conservazione e del Master in Conservation-Restoration
The educational workshops offer students the opportunity to work on works from various eras and of various natures, located in contexts of significant local, national, and international relevance.
Below is an alphabetical list (including location, subject, dating, and author) of some educational workshops dedicated to mural paintings, stucco, and stone surfaces conducted by third year bachelor’s students and in the first two years of the Master's.
Below is an alphabetical list (including location, subject, dating, and author) of some educational workshops dedicated to mural paintings, stucco, and stone surfaces conducted by third year bachelor’s students and in the first two years of the Master's.
Mural Paintings
Bisuschio, Villa Cicogna Mozzoni (Italy) – mural paintings of the east and south portico and the "women's quarter," c. 1543-55, unknown author. (https://www.villacicognamozzoni.it/sito/)Dino-Sonvico, Church of S.Nazario (Switzerland) – mural paintings of the external chapel, c. 1524-25, unknown author.
Induno Olona, Villa Medici di Marignano (Italy) – mural paintings of the room adjacent to the church, c. 1548, unknown author.
Locarno, Church of S. Francesco d'Assisi (Switzerland) – mural paintings of the cappella del Rosario, c. 1620-30, unknown author.
Morcote, Church of S. Maria del Sasso (Switzerland) – mural paintings of the cappella del Rosario, c. 1495, unknown author; lunette of the Pesca Miracolosa, c. 1520, attributed to the workshop of Bartolomeo da Ponte Tresa; vault of the cappella di San Giovanni Battista, 1595, workshop of Giovanni Battista Tarilli.
Pesaro, Villa Imperiale (Italy) – mural paintings of the eight rooms of the villa, c. 1530-1548, executed by Raffaellino del Colle, Francesco Menzocchi, Agnolo Bronzino, Dosso and Gian Battista Dossi, and Camillo Mantovano under the direction of Gerolamo Genga. (https://www.villaimperialepesaro.com/)
Ponte Capriasca, Oratory of S. Rocco (Switzerland) – mural paintings of the choir, Madonna con Bambino tra I SS. Rocco e Sebastiano, 1551, attributed to the workshop of Bernardino Luini.
Riva San Vitale, Baptistery of S. Giovanni (Switzerland) – mural paintings of the niches and the apse, XI-XV century, unknown authors. (https://susi.usi.ch/usi/documents/327493)
Roveredo, Church of S. Fedele (Switzerland) – mural paintings of the south wall and counter-façade, c. 1419-1450, unknown authors. Mural paintings of the north wall, Ultima Cena, c. 1550, unknown author.
Stabio, Church of S. Margherita (Switzerland) – mural painting of the north wall, Santa Margherita, c. 1480, unknown author. Mural paintings of the north wall and the triumphal arch, S. Gottardo e Madonna in Trono and Annunciazione, 1590, unknown author.
Torricella, Trefogli Castle (Switzerland) – mural paintings of the Sala della Caccia, 1913, by Luigi Faini.
Tremona, Parish Church of S. Agata (Switzerland) – mural paintings of the south wall, Madonna con Bambino, c. 1340, attributed to the master active in the Red Church of Castel San Pietro. Mural paintings of the west wall, S. Giorgio e la principessa, Martirio di S. Agata, Compianto sul Cristo morto, c. 1450, workshop of the Seregnesi.
Varallo, Sacro Monte (Italy) – mural paintings of chapel 11, Strage degli Innocenti, 1586-95, by the brothers della Rovere known as the Fiammenghini. Mural paintings of chapel 12, Battesimo di Cristo, 1565-69, by Orazio Gallinone. Mural paintings of chapel 41, Deposizione di Cristo nella Sindone, 1857, by Carlo Giuseppe Delzanno and Pier Celestino Gilardi.
Villa Luganese, Church of S.Maria Assunta (Switzerland) – mural paintings of the south portico, XIV - XVII century, unknown authors.
Stuccoes
Arogno, Parish Church of S. Stefano (Switzerland) – stuccoes of the north sacristy, c. 1732, unknown author.Balerna, Collegiate Church of S. Vittore (Switzerland) – stuccoes of the cappella del Crocefisso, c. 1725-1730, attributed to Gianfrancesco Silva.
Bellinzona, State Archive – plaster models, first half of the 20th century, by the sculptor Pietro Borsari (1894-1959).
Bisuschio, Villa Cicogna Mozzoni (Italy) – stuccoes of the Sala degli Specchi, 1787-89, by Giovanni Pietro Porta of Bedano based on a project by Giuseppe Zanoja. (https://www.villacicognamozzoni.it/sito/)
Cavallasca, Oratory of S. Carlo Imbonati (Italy) – stuccoes of the internal decorative apparatus, 1660-1670, attributed to Agostino Silva.
Castel San Pietro, Parish Church of S. Eusebio (Switzerland) – stuccoes of the cappella delle Anime Purganti, 1748, by Pietro Pozzi of Castello. Stuccoes of the cappella di S. Antonio da Padova, 1769, unknown author.
Kroměříž, Archbishop's Castle (Czech Republic) – stuccoes of the Sala Terrena, 1688, by Baldassarre Fontana.
Lugano, Palazzo Reali (Switzerland) – plaster model for the Monumento dell’Imperatrice Elisabetta d’Austria, 1902, by Antonio Chiattone.
Locarno, Church of S. Francesco d'Assisi (Switzerland) – stuccoes of the cappella del Rosario, c. 1620-30, unknown author.
Mendrisio, Hermitage of S. Nicolao (Switzerland) – stuccoes of the altar of S. Nicola da Bari, c. 1730, attributed to Antonio Catenazzi.
Uherčice, Castle (Czech Republic) – stuccoes of the internal rooms, c. 1705-07, by Baldassarre Fontana.
Stone
Lugano, Cathedral of San Lorenzo (Switzerland) – stone decorations of the façade (Saltrio stone, Viggù stone, Carrara marble), 1517-1585, unknown authors.Morcote, Scherrer Park (Switzerland) – stone works of the park, XIII - XX century, unknown authors.
Prato, Cathedral of S. Stefano (Italy) – stone decorations of the cloister (Prato serpentine and pietra serena), XI-XII century, unknown authors.
Parma, Baptistery of S. Giovanni (Italy) – top pinnacles (Verona stone), XII-XIX century, unknown authors.