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Course: Techniques of Restoration and Conservation of Stone and Related Materials I

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Course title Techniques of Restoration and Conservation of Stone and Related Materials I
Course code ARK/TER1K
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 7
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ďoubal Jakub, doc. Ph.D.
  • Novotný Jiří, doc. akad. sochař
  • Rejman Petr, MgA.
Course content
Exploration - art-historical, technological, problem identification and documentation. Concept of restoration treatment, exploration assessment, technology and procedure planning. Cleaning - cleaning methods, their specific results and problems. Bonds - bond construction and reconstruction. Stone consolidation - petrification, consolidation - basic types of materials used; application methods. Cementation - basic materials applied to plastic retouching and complements; specific characteristics. Colour retouches - basic types of colour retouches, cultural heritage concept, work interpretation and presentation. Preservation - basic types of preservation agents, their specific characteristics. Restoration documentation - methods of restoration procedure successive steps. Recommended practice for further cultural heritage item keeping.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
Course objective consists in getting theoretical and practical knowledge within the field of stone restoration and preservation and related materials. Lessons are targeted at educating autonomous experts able to deal at professional level with technologists, art historians, conservationists and other parties involved in restoration process.
Students are capable of accomplishing determined steps of restoration treatment.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Examination is taken orally. There is examined and proved competence of complex interpretation of material studied.
Recommended literature
  • BRANDI, C. Teorie restaurování. Tichá Byzanc, Praha, 2002.
  • Ďoubal, J. a kol. Didaktické návody (vydáno v rámci projektu DOCEO PRO CULTURA).
  • Ďoubal, J. Kamenné památky Kutné Hory: restaurování a péče o sochařské památky (vydáno v rámci projektu DPC). Univerzita Pardubice, 2015.
  • Henry, A., ed. Stone conservation, principles and Practice (vybrané kapitoly přeloženy v rámci projektu DPC). Donhead Publishing Ltd. 2006.
  • Knoepfli A., ed. Reclams Handbuch der Künstlerischen Techniken. Stuttgart, 1990.
  • Kopecká I., Nejedlý V. Průzkum hist. materiálů, analytické metody pro rest. a pam. péči. Grada Pub., 2005.
  • Kotlík, P. a kolektiv. Stavební materiály historických objektů. Praha, 1999.
  • Kubička R., Zelinger J. Výkladový slovník malířství, grafiky a restaurátorství. Grada, 2004. ISBN 0-247-9046-7.
  • Price C., Doehne E. Stone conservation (vybrané kapitoly přeloženy v rámci projektu DOCEO PRO CULTURA). The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, 2010.
  • Šimůnková E., Bayerová T. Pigmenty. STOP Praha, 1999.
  • Viňas, S., M. Contemporary Theory of Conservation. Oxford, Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, 2005.
  • Zelinger, J. a kol. Chemie v práci konzervátora a restaurátora. Academia, 1982.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Restoration Study plan (Version): Restoration and Conservation of Stone and Related Materials (2013) Category: Art and applied art 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
University of Pardubice, date of update: 03.06.2024 23:50.