Learning objectives
Provide in-depth competences on pictorial works. The student should <br />acquire the ability to collaborate on a polychrome works conservation project and take part during the diagnostic stages planned at various times: before, during and on completion of the restoration works, and also during the subsequent monitoring stages.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
<br /> During the course, pictorial works are considered with <br /> provision of in-depth information on constituent materials, <br /> stratigraphic aspects, degradation of materials, their composition problems that are posed for doing a diagnostic project, suitable <br /> investigation techniques for answering questions, reading of analytical data, the conservation project.<br /> 1. General information on painted surfaces. <br /> a. Structure of paintings<br /> i. support<br /> ii. preparation layer <br /> iii. priming<br /> iv. pictorial layer <br /> v. varnish<br /> 2. Pictorial techniques. <br /> a. wall painting techniques<br /> b. tempera painting<br /> c. oil painting<br /> d. mixed techniques <br /> e. the encaustic technique<br /> f. gilding techniques<br /> g. paints in pictorial techniques<br /> 3. Chemical composition of binders<br /> a. proteinaceous binders<br /> b. polysaccharidic binders<br /> c. waxes<br /> d. lipidic binders<br /> e. modern synthetic binders<br /> f. natural plant and animal resins <br /> g. methods of characterization of organic materials<br /> 4. Pigments <br /> a. definition of pigment <br /> b. chronology of pigments<br /> c. chemical composition of pigments<br /> d. pigment characterization methods<br /> 5. Organic dyes<br /> a. Definition of organic dye<br /> b. Chemical composition of natural organic dyes <br /> c. Methods of characterization of natural organic dyes<br /> d. Chemical composition of synthetic <br /> organic dyes <br /> e. Methods of characterization of synthetic organic dyes<br /> 6. Conservation intervention
Full programme
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Bibliography
CULTURAL HERITAGE CHEMISTRY lecture notes ac. year 2005/06 by ANTONELLA CASOLI and scientific articles
Teaching methods
<br /> oral lectures and seminars <br /> <br /> oral exam on the course topics<br /> presentation of a topic that the student has studied in depth <br />
Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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