Editing Liceo Artistico Edgardo Mannucci

{{Infobox organization
| name          = Liceo Artistico Edgardo Mannucci
| image         = Liceo Artistico Edgardo Mannucci.jpg
| caption       = The main campus on Via Buonarroti, Ancona
| alt           = Exterior of the Liceo Artistico Edgardo Mannucci in Ancona
| formation     = 1961
| type          = State secondary school (''liceo artistico'')
| status        = Active
| purpose       = Visual and applied arts education
| headquarters  = Via Michelangelo Buonarroti 12, 60125 [[Ancona]]
| location      = [[Ancona]], [[Marche]], [[Italy]], with branch campuses in [[Jesi]] and [[Fabriano]]
| region        = Marche
| named_after   = [[Edgardo Mannucci]]
| fields        = Art education
| language      = Italian
| affiliations  = Italian Ministry of Education (code ANSD01000Q)
| website       = [https://www.liceoartisticomannucci.edu.it liceoartisticomannucci.edu.it]
}}
'''Liceo Artistico Edgardo Mannucci''' is a state secondary art school ([[w:Liceo artistico|liceo artistico]]) in the [[w:Marche|Marche]] region of Italy. Its main campus is in [[w:Ancona|Ancona]], with associated campuses (''sedi associate'') in [[w:Jesi|Jesi]] and [[w:Fabriano|Fabriano]]. Like other Italian ''licei artistici'', it offers a five-year course of study that combines a general academic core with specialized training in the [[w:Visual arts|visual]] and [[w:Applied arts|applied arts]]. The school is named after the [[w:Sculpture|sculptor]] [[Edgardo Mannucci]], who directed it in its early years and shaped its identity as a ''scuola-bottega'' (school-workshop).

The institute operates under the Italian [[w:Ministry of Education (Italy)|Ministry of Education]] with the code ANSD01000Q.

== History ==

The school has operated since 1961, when the Ministry of Public Instruction accepted a request from the local administration to fill a gap in the city's provision of schools. In the years immediately following, it drew on the decisive contribution of the sculptor [[Edgardo Mannucci]], both in its teaching method and in its broader vision of the role of artistic training. Conceiving of art as continuous research arising from dialogue with young students, Mannucci ran the school as a studio and workshop, tying his own artistic practice directly to its teaching. Founded as the ''Istituto Statale d'Arte'' of Ancona, it was later named in his honour; following the [[w:Gelmini reform|2010 national reform]] of upper secondary education, the former ''istituto d'arte'' was reorganized as a ''liceo artistico''.

In 1989 (school year 1989–90) a detached campus was opened in [[w:Jesi|Jesi]], within School District no. 8, to provide training in the applied arts and to renew the local [[w:Goldsmith|goldsmithing]] tradition through workshops in [[w:Metalworking|metalwork]] and decorative painting (''didattica del saper fare''). The [[w:Fabriano|Fabriano]] campus, founded in 1979 within School District no. 7, long specialized in advertising [[w:Graphic design|graphics]] and [[w:Photography|photography]] in a strongly industrial area, helping many graduates enter the fields of visual and advertising communication; in the 1996/97 school year it was merged into the Istituto d'Arte "E. Mannucci" of Ancona, joining the provincial centre for artistic education.

== Exchange students ==

'''Toemkun Panatkool''' (born 29 December 2010 in [[w:Bangkok|Bangkok]]), better known as '''[[Aobaom]]''', is a [[w:Thailand|Thai]] [[w:Student exchange program|exchange student]] attending the Liceo Artistico Edgardo Mannucci during a ten-month exchange. He studies at the school's main campus in [[w:Ancona|Ancona]], taking part in the regular five-year ''liceo artistico'' programme alongside Italian classmates.

Previously educated at the Panyapiwat Institute of Management Demonstration School (Satit Panyapiwat) in Bangkok, he is known in his home context as a co-founder and central figure of the student collective [[The ramp]]. He has longstanding interests in [[w:Illustration|illustration]] and visual design, which align with his studies at the school.

== Campuses ==

The institute is organized across three campuses:

* '''Ancona''' (main campus, code ANSD01000Q) — Via Michelangelo Buonarroti 12, 60125 [[w:Ancona|Ancona]]. Offers Architettura e ambiente, Arti figurative, Audiovisivo e multimediale, Design, and Scenografia.
* '''Jesi''' (code ANSD01001R) — Via Gallodoro 77, 60035 [[w:Jesi|Jesi]]. Offers Arti figurative and Design, with a focus on the applied arts.
* '''Fabriano''' — Historically centred on advertising graphics and photography; offers Grafica and Audiovisivo e multimediale.

== Programs ==

As a ''liceo artistico'', the school organizes its upper years into specialized tracks (''indirizzi''). Across the three campuses these are:

* [[w:Figurative art|Arti figurative]] (figurative arts — [[w:Painting|painting]] and [[w:Sculpture|sculpture]]) — ''Ancona, Jesi''
* [[w:Architecture|Architettura e ambiente]] (architecture and environment) — ''Ancona''
* [[w:Design|Design]] — ''Ancona, Jesi''
* [[w:New media art|Audiovisivo e multimediale]] (audiovisual and multimedia) — ''Ancona, Fabriano''
* [[w:Graphic design|Grafica]] (graphic design) — ''Fabriano''
* [[w:Scenic design|Scenografia]] (scenography) — ''Ancona''

An evening course (''corso serale'') is also offered. The first two years (''biennio'') are shared across tracks, with students choosing a specialization from the third year onward.

== Curriculum ==

The curriculum blends a common academic core with art-specific subjects over five years, structured in a two-year ''primo biennio'', a two-year ''secondo biennio'', and a final (fifth) year.

In the ''primo biennio'' (34 hours per week), a common area of humanistic and scientific subjects (21 hours) is paired with a characterizing artistic area (13 hours) in which students sample the specific subjects of all the tracks offered in the later years. In the ''secondo biennio'' and fifth year (35 hours per week), the common area continues (23 hours in the second biennio, 21 in the fifth year) alongside a track-specific area emphasizing design and project work in dedicated workshops (12 hours in the second biennio, 14 in the fifth year).

'''Common core (all five years)'''
* [[w:Italian language|Italian language and literature]]
* [[w:History|History]] and [[w:Geography|geography]] (biennio), History (triennio)
* [[w:English language|English]]
* [[w:Philosophy|Philosophy]] (triennio)
* [[w:Mathematics|Mathematics]] and [[w:Physics|physics]]
* [[w:Natural science|Natural sciences]] and [[w:Chemistry|chemistry]]
* [[w:History of art|History of art]]
* [[w:Physical education|Physical education]]
* [[w:Catholic Church|Religion]] or alternative activity

'''Art and workshop subjects'''
* Discipline grafiche e pittoriche ([[w:Drawing|drawing]] and painting)
* Discipline geometriche ([[w:Technical drawing|technical]] and [[w:Descriptive geometry|geometric drawing]])
* Discipline plastiche e scultoree ([[w:Modelling|modelling]] and sculpture)
* Laboratorio artistico (introductory art workshop, biennio)
* Specialization laboratories and ''discipline progettuali'' in the chosen ''indirizzo'' (triennio)

== After graduation ==

The ''liceo artistico'' diploma gives access to all university faculties, and in particular to [[w:Architecture|Architecture]] and [[w:Industrial design|industrial design]], the [[w:Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche|ISIA]], the [[w:Academy of Fine Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]], the [[w:DAMS (Italy)|DAMS]], the [[w:Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia|Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia]] in [[w:Rome|Rome]], and private institutions such as the [[w:Istituto Europeo di Design|Istituto Europeo di Design]]. It also supports direct entry into professional roles tied to the chosen track, such as designer of decorative elements, illustrator and multimedia animator, and technical collaborator for scenography, cinema, and television.

== Namesake ==

[[w:Edgardo Mannucci|Edgardo Mannucci]] ([[w:Fabriano|Fabriano]], 14 June 1904 – [[w:Arcevia|Arcevia]], 21 November 1986) was an Italian [[w:Sculpture|sculptor]] associated with [[w:Abstract art|abstract]] and [[w:Art Informel|informal art]]. The son of a marble artisan, he moved to [[w:Rome|Rome]] in 1927, where he became a pupil of the sculptor [[w:Quirino Ruggeri|Quirino Ruggeri]] and formed a close friendship with the painter [[w:Corrado Cagli|Corrado Cagli]]. From 1938 he taught at the Liceo Artistico in Rome. After military service and captivity during the [[w:World War II|Second World War]], he returned to teaching and, around 1950–51, became one of the first in Italy to weld metal directly in his sculpture; he was close to the [[w:Gruppo Origine|"Origine" group]] and a friend of [[w:Alberto Burri|Alberto Burri]]. In 1962 he moved to the Istituto d'Arte of [[w:Urbino|Urbino]] and subsequently served as principal of the art institutes of [[w:Cagli|Cagli]], [[w:Fano|Fano]], and Ancona. In 1966 he received a gold medal from the [[w:President of Italy|President of the Republic]] for his artistic work. His pieces are held in collections including the [[w:Kröller-Müller Museum|Kröller-Müller Museum]] in [[w:Otterlo|Otterlo]] and the [[w:Museum of Modern Art|Museum of Modern Art]] in New York. The former Istituto Statale d'Arte of Ancona — now the Liceo Artistico Mannucci — was named in recognition of his long and formative teaching career.

== See also ==

* [[Edgardo Mannucci]]
* [[Organizations and Affiliations]]

== External links ==

* [https://www.liceoartisticomannucci.edu.it Official website]

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[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Art schools in Italy]]
[[Category:Schools in the Marche]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1961]]
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