Department of Visual Arts

Three year course

First Level Painting course

The Course offers the widest choice amongst a range of Italian institutions, with ten professorships. You can find teachers who are closest to ones own interests and sensitivities in order to foster expressive autonomy. Over thirty theoretical and technical in depth courses offering a bespoke study programme, enriched by seminars, workshops, exhibition events, characterize a study path which is harmoniously balanced between the complexities of the contemporary art world and the quest for one’s own personal muse. The intense cultural life that Brera offers, together with the dynamism of Milan, the home-city of the Accademia, facilitate the opportunities to liaise and create relations with the network of galleries, collectors and cultural institutions, forging a truly unique experience, recognized at an international level.

  • painting as an expression in the contemporary world
  • artistic research and experimentation of visual communication
  • encounters with artists, museums and art galleries

Core disciplines

Artistic Anatomy | Drawing | Aesthetics | History of contemporary art | Chromatology | Painting | Techniques for copper engraving | Painting techniques

Advanced and supplementary disciplines

Anatomy of the image |Cultural anthropology | Multimedia communication | Decoration | Digital & Video | Fundamentals of architecture and urban Planning | Fundamentals of contemporary philosophy | Sacred aesthetics | Communication ethics | Human body phenomenology | Contemporary art phenomenology | Scientific photography illustration| Multi-Media installations| Methodology and techniques of frescoes| Didactics and art education | Descriptive problems in contemporary arts | Psychology of art | Scenic design | Sculpture | Semiotics | History of cinema and video | History of drawing and graphic arts | History of ancient art | History of medieval art | History of modern and contemporary sacred art | History and methodology of art criticism | Mosaic techniques | Techniques of engraving-graphic arts | Techniques and technologies of painting | Techniques and technologies of visual arts | Extra media techniques| Paper technologies | Gestalt psychology |Theory and method of mass media | Theory and history of representation and image | Latest trends in visual arts

To be admitted you must have a high school diploma or a similar suitable qualification obtained abroad.

The admission evaluation includes a multiple choice general knowledge and specific School scope test; a still life drawing test, the use of real life models or any other object, is subject to the Board’s decision; a free choice artwork test with techniques chosen by the candidates. The tests take place over consecutive days and conclude with an aptitude interview.

Future Employment prospects

Freelance professional artist in the world of contemporary art. Application of traditional techniques as well as of recent technologies in a wide range of areas: creative, communicative and business organizations. Institutional requirements to gain access to the teaching of arts in public and private schools at different levels.

Study Plan

Painting 1 Level

A.Y. 2023/2024