Preservation In Italy – Issues and Theory (2 Units)
Session 2 – Programs C&D – Course # S2-1
(July 1st thru 28th)
Instructor: Max Cardillo
e-mail: mcardillo@iirpsemail.org
Restoration of art work and cultural objects is not just a technical or artistic process, it is a very complex multifaceted intellectual and social process that also involves cultural identity, legal restrictions on cultural property, morality, philosophy, religion, history, fashion, economic interests, questions of property and many other aspects of life.
Just as important as the technical aspects of restoration is the intellectual approach to restoration, particularly in a complex historical setting, where choices must be made that inevitably alter the setting or some aspects of the object being restored or preserved.
This seminar is a series of discussions that explores some of these issues, with particular attention to those where the culture of restoration in Italy differs with that prevailing in North America.
This courses are aimed at students of: Historic Preservation, Architecture, Art History, Restoration, Conservation, Cultural History, Anthropology, Archaeology, Museum studies and Management of Cultural Heritage.
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Traditional Painting in Italy – Materials, Techniques and Issues of Conservation* (4 Units)
Session 2 – Program C - Course # S2-2
(July 1st thru 28th)
Instructor: Nikos Vakalis
e-mail: nikosvakalis@libero.it
This course is an in-depth study of traditional painting techniques and materials common in Italy during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and their restoration. It includes a detailed study of all the pigments, preparatory and support materials used in paintings. The different techniques of painting and gilding on fresco and secco murals, temperas on wood boards and oil paints on canvas. The course also explores the of factors that hastened their deterioration of the these materials and the common approaches to their restoration.
The course focuses on the methods and materials. It includes lectures, field trips and a workshop in which students create paintings using traditional methods. This workshop is not art class, it is a class on painting techniques.
This course is aimed primarily at students of: Restoration, Art History, Art, Curatrial Sciences, Cultural History, History, and Anthropology and Material Sciences.
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Introduction to Restoration of Paper in Books and Archival Documents (4 Units)
Session 2 - Program D - Course # S2-3
(July 1st thru 28th)
Instructor: Prof. Konstantinos Choulis
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This course is an introduction to the restoration of paper in books and archival material. It gives students an understanding of the nature of paper as a material, its history, and the evolution of its use over time. The course focuses on paper as writing media, its use in books, the structure of books and their binding.
The course also deals with the various agents of deterioration of paper material and the different approaches to the restoration of objects made from this material.
The workshop will include: exercises in traditional ways of making paper; testing, analyzing and identifying types of paper, inks, paints, pigments and printing techniques; disassembling books and their bindings; and, exercises using different techniques of paper restoration.
The course will include a field trip to Fabriano and work at the the San Gemini Library and historical archives.
This course does not cover the many modern uses of paper materials.
This course is aimed at students in the fields of: Paper Restoration and Conservation, Museum Management, Library Science, Art History, Art, Book Binding, Paper Making, Paper Sciences, Material Sciences, Cultural history and Anthropology.
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