3 credits
15.0 h
Q2
This learning unit is not being organized during year 2018-2019.
Language
French
Prerequisites
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Main themes
Themes covered include: preventive conservation (environment of art objects and artworks both inside and outside museums, conservation of objects in view of their materials), protection and movement of artworks, restoration (history, ethics, the art historian's attitude to restoration, ...).
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | The conservation and protection of movable heritage depends on many kinds of technical and ethical understanding. By the end of this course, students will have mastered the information and knowledge needed for the preventive conservation of objects, as well as for these objects¿ protection and handling. Students will also be able to approach the necessary dialogue between the art historian and the restorer regarding the restoration of artworks. |
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
- Preventive conservation - general points (climate, light, air pollution, micro-organisms, insects, building health);
- Recommendations for the conservation of objects in view of their materials;
- Protection of artworks;
- Movement and handling of artworks;
- Brief history of restoration;
- Ethics of restoration.
- Recommendations for the conservation of objects in view of their materials;
- Protection of artworks;
- Movement and handling of artworks;
- Brief history of restoration;
- Ethics of restoration.
Teaching methods
Lectures, exercises on the model of a flipped classroom.
Evaluation methods
Oral examination (/20).
Other information
Support = note-taking in lectures + portfolio of reading material.
Online resources
PowerPoint presentations, bibliography, portfolio of reading material.
Bibliography
Une bibliographie sélective sera distribuée.
Faculty or entity
ARKE
