Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
15.0 h
Q2
This learning unit is not being organized during year 2019-2020.
Language
French
Prerequisites
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Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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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
Examen oral et travail écrit
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
