Art History Course

Scuola Leonardo da Vinci

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Course description

Our History of Italian Art course will allow you to learn in depth about the history and social context in which Italian masterpieces were designed and executed.

The course is designed to show, by means of slides and guided visits, the development of art in Italy in relation to the rest of Europe and offers you an introduction to the most important artistic styles (Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque). You will become acquainted with the most important works of artists such as Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo while learning about the most significant historical and social events that accompanied them.

RECOMMENDED FOR: those who are fascinated by the beauty of Italian monuments and are not satisfied with only a basic understanding of them.

Min. 3 participants are required to organize this supplementary course.
Compulsory: booking Intensive Course together with History of Art course.

Course topics

Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary and Activities

Class schedule

Course duration
1-2 weeks
Start dates
Every Monday
Classes per week
6 lessons per week (each lesson lasts 45 min)
Class days
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
School holidays
01 Apr 2024, 25 Apr 2024, 01 May 2024, 15 Aug 2024, 21 Dec 2024 - 06 Jan 2025

Scuola Leonardo da Vinci does not hold classes on the holiday dates above. The school does not compensate for these holidays, so make sure to choose your start date accordingly.

Class schedule may change depending on availability and season.

Class level

Elementary
Pre-intermediate
Intermediate
High intermediate
Advanced
You will take a placement test on your first day to determine your class level.

Class size

Average 10 students
Maximum 14 students

Student age

Age range 16 years old and older
Average 34 years old
(22 in the summer)

Certificate

A certificate of completion will be issued at the end of the course.
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Reviews

86% recommend

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"Excellent teachers, interesting classmates from all over the world and diverse backgrounds, serious about cultivating conversational ability of students,"

Kenneth Parker, student from USA

I found the location of the school to be excellent, in the historic center of Rome. The teachers were uniformly skilled and interested in the students and their progress. I liked the facilities and found the activities outside the classroom to be interesting and enriching. I cannot think of anything I would have changed about the experience. My three months at the school moved me from advanced beginner to advanced grammatical studies. That is amazing to me!

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13 weeks
Date of study
18 Sep 2023 - 22 Dec 2023
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Es waren 2sehr interessante Wochen, das Programm sehr abwechslungsreich. Die Schule ist gut gelegen, schönes Gebäude. Die Lehrer/Angestellten waren hilfsbereit. Auch im Unterricht konnte ich profitieren."

Dora Erny, student from Switzerland

Der Unterricht bei Cristiano war etwas Gewöhnungs-bedürftig. Fand es nicht immer ok wie er sich über Studenten lustig macht.

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Duration of study
1 week
Date of study
5 Jun 2023 - 16 Jun 2023
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Unfortunately I can't reccomend this school"

Mag, student from Poland

On the 1st day I arrived to school at 09:00 am (as I was informed in advance that my classes will take place in the morning) only to only to find out that there was no place for me in any group as they didn't evaluate my placement test. I sent this test quite late (on Friday while the course was starting on Monday), but still within the given deadline. And anyway, I paid for this course more than 2 months in advance, so I didn't understand how come I was not assigned to any group. Besides, I was looking for a beginners class, so placement should be easy.

In the end I was told to come to the afternoon group as the director informed me that there was no place for me in any of the morning groups for the beginners (which turned out to be untrue as I was speaking with the morning group later and they told me that their group was never full.). I had to change my plans but agreed to that.
I joined the afternoon group for 2 days - the teacher spoke only English all the time and during 6 hours of course half of the group didn't even open their mouth. She seemed not to realise that, as she was not directing questions to anyone specifically, always the same people answered or even she answered herself. Instead of practicing speaking, we were doing exercises from the book, tor example on how to say 15.698 in Italian. When I told openly that maybe we should start speaking - she answered that IT IS TOO EARLY FOR YOU TO SPEAK. Honestly, I didn't know that such old-fashioned approach to teaching a language still exists.

After these 2 days, I joined the morning class for beginners and it was completely different - the teacher (Massimo) was great and presented totally opposite methodology. He spoke only Italian, was energetic, taking care to involve every student and made every student to speak, inventing some fun exercises etc. I would stay in this school only for this teacher, but it is really strange that 2 teachers of same level class present so different methodology It seems that the school just don't care. So to sum up - the class with Massimo was fantastic and if I was to evaluate only this teacher, it would be the highest note, however my overall opinion about the school is poor.

When it comes to to location it is very good, but the school itself is not nice, there is no place to sit and relax while waiting for the classes etc. I didn't use the housing.

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16 Jan 2023 - 20 Jan 2023
Would you recommend this school?
No
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"I had a wonderful experience and only wish I had planned a longer trip."

Bridget Kirby, student from USA

The facility is in a great location and the teachers were friendly and helpful. I would say the mix of classroom and one on one was very helpful to me.

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3 Oct 2022 - 7 Oct 2022
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Yes
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"Very dynamic lessons taking perfectly in account our level in Italian language"

Isabelle Dehart, student from Belgium

We were 8 students in the class from different countries and continent speaking only in Italian, on the same level of knowledge. The teacher was an Italian native..so just perfect, he was very dynamic and wanted us to understand and to participate actively to the discussions. The school was very close to the most famous locations in the center of Rome. The activities proposed were varied, interesting, frequently close to the school .

I enjoyed all the days spent with the Leonardo Da Vinci school

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12 Sep 2022 - 16 Sep 2022
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Yes
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"A memorable experience at a lovely Italian language school in a great location in Rome"

Kim Murphy, student from UK

The school is in a great location a few minutes walk from the Piazza Navona in Rome, in a lovely old building with a courtyard and a very friendly and welcoming Concierge each morning. After taking the on-line test, I was put in a class at C1 level. I struggled a little bit at the start of the week but it got better as the week progressed. I am studying for an Italian Intermediate On-line Diploma and the grammar topics we covered in the C1 class at Scuola Leonardo da Vinci are on the syllabus for the second year of the Diploma which I will start in September, so that has been really helpful. The book we used during the week, Livello 5 Cinecitta C1/N9 Parte 2, is excellent with clear grammar explanations and challenging exercises and will come in handy for my Diploma course.

Unfortunately, I am quite deaf and although I wear hearing aids, due to the school's policy of wearing masks it was difficult for me to hear most conversations and talks during the week; however this did not detract from my enjoyment of the week's experience at the school. I was able to talk to the other students in the class during the breaks outside when we could remove masks and continue to converse in Italian.

It had been a wish of mine to experience a week's intensive Italian language learning in Rome and I thoroughly enjoyed myself, attending school in the mornings and then my husband and I explored Rome and its attractions in the afternoons.

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11 Jul 2022 - 15 Jul 2022
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Yes
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"Great learning atmosphere in excellent location!"

Vincent Urbanek, student from Germany

I had a great time in Rome! I’ve been staying and learning for two weeks. The school itself is located in an excellent and central area, so it’s super easy to explore the city before/after school or have an aperitivo with classmates close by. After-school activities could’ve been a bit more and better advertised in order to have more students come along to socialize.

My teacher Alessandro was very kind and funny. Class has been a lot of fun! We had two substitute teachers when Alessandro felt sick, the first one was Loridana. I learned a lot during the lessons with her, she was very good in terms of teaching the grammar of the language correctly and explaining rules, helpful tendencies in irregular cases and the overall understanding of the Italian structure. One other substitute teacher however has been quite a bad teacher since she didn’t really come along quite motivational towards us, not even motivated herself. But this has only been one afternoon. The overall experience with the lessons was very good!

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1 week
Date of study
6 Jun 2022 - 17 Jun 2022
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Yes
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"Beautiful school but too pricey for the quality of the lessons"

Eline Calma, student from Netherlands

I expected a lot since 450 euros is a lot of money. I had to do a test at the beginning to see which class suites me most. I got told that I already knew the passato prossimo. Then when the class began, we were discussing the passato prossimo for 4 days. That felt like a waste of time and money. Also, the pacing was very slow and some students were constantly talking over people which the teachers didn't do too much about.

When students were absent, which is their own responsibility, they would get a catch up that took up a lot of time. I would have liked to exercise talking more.

The lessons were cut short a lot of times because the teacher was tired? I remember 5 lessons ending 10-20 min before the official ending time. One of my fellow students, who started later than me and therefore continued a week after I finished my course, complained to the coordinator and got offered private lessons. I don't think it is fair that I didn't have that option.

After I showed my discontent I was told I could switch class but that I would start over with the booklet, which means I would have had 2 weeks of passato prossimo. I did think the teachers were nice, but I expected so much more of a “intensive course”. Especially one that is this expensive

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1 week
Date of study
9 May 2022 - 20 May 2022
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No
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"A lot of speaking exercises"

Anne Schindler, student from Germany

I was only one week there and also in vacation. The important for me was to speak a lot and end B1. We spoke a lot and I have the feeling that I could achieve the end of B1. I didn't participate to activities.

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18 Apr 2022 - 22 Apr 2022
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Yes
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"Motivating teacher with professional material and attitude in nice location with international students"

Verena Wolters, student from Germany

- the classes were working exclusively with the book
- the teacher was talking a lot and explaining with great patience
- the teacher was very professional, knowledgeable and fun, also enthusiastic (Eva, A2/N2 class)
- the rooms were fine
- the facilities need attention, the restrooms were not in good shape, the coffee machine broke down
- the only one planned activity was then cancelled

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27 Sep 2021 - 1 Oct 2021
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Yes
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"The course was exactly what I was looking for, intensive learning in one week with nice people, fun and the possibility to do the course online."

Vanessa Ehsani, student from Germany

The online course was very good structured and contained speaking, grammar and practicing.
I especially liked that the teacher proactively motivated everyone to speak in Italian language, because this is the main lack I am having and I wanted to get more used in speaking Italian.
Even though the course was online, I did not experience any big issues with that. Sometimes we had some internet connection problems, but I would say this is quite normal nowadays.
I was impressed by the possibility to have different zoom rooms in one online meeting, by this we were able to do group work with other students.

I especially would like to emphasize that our teacher Marta was very good!! She explained the grammar feasible, motivated everyone to speak only in Italian and I could learn a lot within just one week.

I am very interested in doing another online Course with the school in the near future.

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8 Feb 2021 - 12 Feb 2021
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Yes
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"High-level teaching, highly competent teachers and excellent teaching materials."

Maria Bettina Dohn Cappai-Revelli, student from Denmark

My expectations were surely met. There are classes in a maximum of 12 students, the form of teaching was very varied and the teacher really good.
Every day there was three hours of intensive teaching and about one hour of homework. The school offered lots of activities in leisure time.
If I should point out one thing that could be improved, then it would be the premises taught in. The classroom was very packed and the acoustics was at times a challenge.

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Duration of study
4 weeks
Date of study
29 Apr 2019 - 31 May 2019
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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Giulia, Marketing at Scuola Leonardo da Vinci responded to this review.
16 December 2019

Dear Maria Bettina, many thanks for your kind review. We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your time at Scuola Leonardo da Vinci in Rome and we appreciate your great feedback with regards to our teaching method and our social program! Thank you also for your observations with regards to our classrooms, which we will take into consideration :) We look forward to welcoming you again soon to our school! Kind regards, Giulia

"My five days at Scuola Leonardo da Vinci was an extremely rewarding experience."

Anna Rosenlund, student from Norway

The first day I was put in a class for super-beginners, and the second day my private tutor put me in a beginner-class in which I stayed the rest of the week. I think it would have been better if I had taken a test in advance, so that I would have been put in the beginner-class already the first day. However I adapted quickly to the new class.

The teacher in the beginner-class, Chiara, was such energetic, intelligent and observant and had creative and beneficial teaching methods. She created an open space for us to talk and make mistakes without us feeling uncomfortable. In the group lessons, Chiara asked us questions, and we spoke and listened to the other students. Oftentimes, the questions were about about our everyday life which sometimes elaborated into funny debates between the students. This felt very useful, both when speaking myself and listening to the others.

The private lessons with teacher Romain was a great experience as well. In these lessons we went through grammar and vocabulary on a level below what we did in the group lessons, which was a sort of preparation for the following group lessons that day. We did a lot of written exercises but it was never boring and I learned a lot.

I was very pleased that the whole course, both the private lessons and the group lessons, was in Italian, which definitely improved my understanding skills and my speaking skills more than I had expected. The location of the school was perfect- in the center of everything, and with a walking distance from Trastevere, the area where I lived.

In the classrooms, I would have wished for better chairs, because it was a little bit difficult to balance my notebooks and take notes on the retractable desk plate that was part of the chair.

The activities after school were interesting as well. I attended the pronunciation class, the class about Italian regions and the Campo di Fiori guided tour. The guided tour was more challenging than the others since I had difficulties hearing and seeing the guide.

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1 Oct 2018 - 5 Oct 2018
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Yes
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Giulia, Secretary at Scuola Leonardo da Vinci responded to this review.
27 November 2018

Dear Anna, many thanks for your kind review. We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your time at Scuola Leonardo da Vinci in Rome! Thank you also for your suggestions, which we will take into consideration :) We look forward to welcoming you again soon to our school! Kind regards, Giulia

"Exellente insegnanti e scuola."

Simone Dietrich

I've been for a week at the school in Rome, I had a fantastic week though it was sometimes hard in lessons when they were not all classroom students but this was not just in Rome but also in Milan.
Edward my teacher is great, I really liked having lessons with him. The school is very centrally located. Excursions and other possibilities to do were awesome. I also did the art history on Borromini and Bernini, so I learned more about the art of Rome.

The family was also good.

In sum for those who like a big, chaotic traffic, Rome is perfect. I prefer Siena, Florence or Milan. Certainly Siena is more familiar.

I did not miss all Italians, although I learned Spanish a little more than a year. At present we study unreal hypotheses with a plusquamperfect and conditional conjunctiva. The Italian language helps me so much with the Spanish and my teacher told me that I have an Italian accent .....

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5 Oct 2014 - 11 Oct 2014
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Cornelia, segretary at Scuola Leonardo da Vinci responded to this review.
27 November 2017

Carissima Simone, sono molto lieta della tua gentile e sincera risposta!
Tu sei sempre la benvenuta alla SCUOLA LEONARDO DA VINCI.
Con affetto. Cornelia

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