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APPENDIX C in collaboration with Rome University within special programmes agreed with the National Council for Research; more recently a programme of research has been launched with the help of the ' Laboratori Studi e Ricerche' of the Snam Progetti (ENI). Training Course 4. ICR offers a three-year course in the conservation of paintings with an optional fourth year of advanced study. The course is not divided into separate elementary or advanced sections. About twothirds of the course is practical work and carried out at the ICR, or as is necessary with mural paintings, on site. The students receive formal instruction in classes. Among the subjects are: Microbiology Physics Theory in techniques of restoration Art history Drawing 5. Students also work during the summer vacations on projects undertaken by the ICR. In 1970, for example, at the invitation of the National Gallery in Dublin, a group of students supervised by the Head Restorer, visited the Gallery to work with the Gallery staff on the investigation and conservation of the collection. Award 6. The course leads to a diploma of the institute and the number of students qualifying each year varies up to the maximum of fourteen. Students 7. The maximum annual intake for the Training Course is ten Italians and five foreigners. 8. In addition to students taking part in the Training Course, a varying number of foreigners visit the ICR for short refresher courses for the advanced year only, or for the short course on mural paintings run in conjunction with the Rome Centre (see IV above). Qualifications 9. The minimum entry qualification for the three-year course is the diploma of 'Scuola Media Inferiore'. The average age of entry is eighteen.
TRAINING IN THE CONSERVATION OF PAINTINGS Staff 10. The total permanent staff is seventy-one; the number of restorers dealing with several branches of conservation is fifteen, including the principal restorer, and there are eleven technicians. There are six scientists aided by three laboratory technicians. No part-time staff are employed. Finance n. ICR is financed by the Italian Government through the Ministry of Public Instruction. Student Finance 12. The tuition is free. As regards maintenance, some students receive scholarships from a private foundation, and several regions, Sicily and Apulia, for example, have made provision in their programmes for giving scholarships to students coming from those provinces. VI. THE INSTITUT ROYAL DU PATRIMOINE ARTISTIQUE - BRUSSELS 1. The Institut Royal de Patrimoine Artistique (IRPA) was set up under the Belgian Ministry of Education and Culture in 1934 to conserve the artistic heritage of Belgium, whether in the ownership of public museums or galleries, the church or private persons. 2. Since 1962 the IRPA has been housed in a new building, which also provides accommodation for other national institutions, such as the Archaeological Excavation Service. The area of the conservation studio is 1,100 square metres (11,840 square feet). 3. In addition to the conservation of paintings, the institute undertakes that of polychrome sculpture and other objects on a wooden support, involving other materials such as ivory or enamel, of tapestries and of archaeological antiquities. It does not restore watercolours or drawings, which are dealt with by the Royal Library, and rarely deals with the conservation of oriental works of art. 4. The Institute's library, archives and photographic collections, which have been developed during the last eighteen years, are available not only to the staff and students, but also to all scholars and conservators. 90
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