Course: Studio practicals II

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Course title Studio practicals II
Course code ARMS/AT2M
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Wichterlová Zuzana, MgA.
  • Vojtěchovský Jan, Mgr. art. Ph.D.
Course content
Exercises will be carried out using test areas specified considering solving particular issues (rough-cast, plaster, stone or metal supports). Topics of individual lessons: input materials for surface treatment, testing materials; supports and their utilization; pigments and their use; binders and their use; characteristics of surface treatment materials; interaction between surface texture and finishes; tests of materials; conservation treatment effect on final color considering long term period; colors characteristics and impact; surface treatment texture (support, glaze, preservation). 1) Practical implementation of field investigation: sounding technology and sampling for further lab analysis including complex documentation prior to work starting; non-destructive exploration, e.g. ultrasound; laboratory exploration; having accomplished sampling and systematic processing - collaboration with an analyst and technologist resulting in making when making polished specimens; visual assessment of color and under-layer stratigraphy considering sounding exploration and in-situ inspection, polished specimens micro photos, ordering of further services, e.g. microbiology focused in order to identify water soluble salts; further summarizing and assessing of exploration results cooperating with a technologist; computer programs application, photos processing photos and storing on electronic media; gilding techniques course including mock-ups application; continuous coatings scanning, removing inappropriate retouching and repaints, removing or smothering leaks and extracts, desalination or stabilization of water soluble salts (mechanical and chemical methods, apparatuses and tools). 2 Pre-consolidation of color and undercoat polychrome layers, providing damaged and threatened color layers (pre-consolidation via surface fixing, fixing of loosened polychromy flaking via grouting and fixing on bearing supports); dry surface cleaning; final stabilization of color and undercoat layers. 3 Fifing of loosened plaster layers on the masonry or other constructions; depth grouting of damaged plasters; fixing via fluid plasters; local transfer and re-installation; materials, tools, and aids. 4 Bonding defects in color and undercoat layers including adding smaller components of missing stucco pieces; various materials and their processing, separation of bond surface; large-scale reconstruction of undercoats; preparation for further color treatment of paint reconstruction. 5 Color retouching and retouching using metal leaves; various retouching methods and surface finishes; final protective fixing and surface finishes; materials and aids; implementation, in situ - if needed. 6 Techniques of documentation and preservation of the residues of original and further old surface finishes. 7 Restoration documentation, accomplishment itself, including supplements (graphic and photo).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monitoring
Learning outcomes

Student can prepare, carry out and record the restoration of color surfaces works related to architecture.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Participation in studio exercise is required. An integral part of the exercise is to handle being restored to documentation. A decisive aspect of classification is the student's presentation of the work undertaken by the workshop or in situ and the restoration of the documentation.
Recommended literature
  • Amoroso, Giovanni; Fassina, Vasco. Stone decay and Conservation Atmospheric Pollution, Cleaning, Consolidation and Protection. Amsterdam, 1983.
  • BRANDI, C. Teorie restaurování. Tichá Byzanc, Praha, 2002.
  • 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.
  • Kubička R., Zelinger J. Výkladový slovník malířství, grafiky a restaurátorství. Grada, 2004. ISBN 0-247-9046-7.
  • Mora, L. - Mora, P. - Philipot, P. Conservation of wall paintings. London, 1984.
  • Price C., Doehne E. Stone conservation. The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, 2010.
  • Slánský, B. Technika malby. Paseka, Praha Litomyšl, 2003.
  • Šimůnková E., Bayerová T. Pigmenty. STOP Praha, 1999.
  • Vaněček I. Nástěnné malby. Praha, 2000.
  • Viňas S. M. Contemporary Theory of Conservation. Oxford, 2005.
  • Zelinger J. a kol. Chemie v práci konzervátora a restaurátora. Academia Praha, 1987.


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 wall painting, sculpture works and architectural surfaces (2011) Category: Art and applied art 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer