Technical Examination of Painting

lhart2330  2018-2019  Louvain-la-Neuve

Technical Examination of Painting
4 credits
15.0 h
Q2

  This learning unit is not being organized during year 2018-2019.

Teacher(s)
Couvert Jacqueline;
Language
French
Prerequisites
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Main themes
Early Netherlandish Painting: support, frame, preparation layer, imprimitura, underdrawing and coloured layers. Some milestones are highlighted in the evolution of technology in painting between the 14e and 17e centuries in the Low Countries.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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Training in technical examination of paintings, aimed at a better evaluation of its condition, its attribution, datation authenticity; the detection of fraud and forgery will also be discussed. The teaching focuses on Early Netherlandish Painting, but the students will also consider later periods, during seminars and through personnel work.

 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The course covers technology easel painting (supports, grounds, imprimitura, pigments used since the Middle Ages until the early 20th century including gilding and varnish) and the frames from the 15th to the 19th.
A painting selected by each student will be examined by the naked eye, stereomicroscope, ultraviolet fluorescence, infrared reflectography and XRF spectroscopy.
Teaching methods
Theoretical course and practical works.
Evaluation methods
Evaluation : oral test (10) + personal work (10).
Other information
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Online resources
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Bibliography
Une liste d'ouvrages à consulter sera fournie au cours.
Faculty or entity
ARKE


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology : General

Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology : General