Liceo Artistico Edgardo Mannucci
| Liceo Artistico Edgardo Mannucci | |
|---|---|
| Type | State secondary school (liceo artistico) |
| Status | Active |
| Purpose | Visual and applied arts education |
| Location | Ancona, Marche, Italy |
| Region | Marche |
| Named after | Edgardo Mannucci |
| Fields | Art education |
| Language | Italian |
Liceo Artistico Edgardo Mannucci is a state art-focused secondary school (liceo artistico) in the Marche region of Italy, based in Ancona. Like other Italian licei artistici, it offers a five-year course of study that combines general academic subjects with specialized training in the visual and applied arts.
The school is named after Edgardo Mannucci, the Italian abstract sculptor.
Namesake
Edgardo Mannucci (Fabriano, 1904 – Arcevia, 1986) was an Italian sculptor associated with abstract and informal art. He is known for work exploring light, metal, and gesture, and is counted among the notable modern artists from the Marche region. The school carries his name as a nod to the region's artistic heritage.
Programs
As a liceo artistico, the school organizes its upper years into specialized tracks (indirizzi), which may include:
- Arti figurative (figurative arts) — painting and sculpture
- Architettura e ambiente (architecture and environment)
- Design
- Audiovisivo e multimediale (audiovisual and multimedia)
- Grafica (graphic design)
The first two years (biennio) are shared across tracks, with students choosing a specialization from the third year onward.
Courses
The curriculum blends a common academic core with art-specific subjects. Typical courses include:
Common core (all five years)
- Italian language and literature
- History and geography (biennio), History (triennio)
- English
- Philosophy (triennio)
- Mathematics and physics
- Natural sciences and chemistry
- History of art
- Physical education
- Religion or alternative activity
Art and workshop subjects
- Discipline grafiche e pittoriche (drawing and painting)
- Discipline geometriche (technical and geometric drawing)
- Discipline plastiche e scultoree (modelling and sculpture)
- Laboratorio artistico (introductory art workshop, biennio)
- Specialization laboratories and discipline progettuali in the chosen indirizzo (triennio)