Course: Techniques of Restoration and Conservation of Wall Painting and Sgraffito III

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Course title Techniques of Restoration and Conservation of Wall Painting and Sgraffito III
Course code ARMS/TER3M
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 4
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 15
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)
  • Vojtěchovský Jan, Mgr. art. Ph.D.
  • Wichterlová Zuzana, MgA.
Course content
In terms of performed restoration work on objects following theme shall be gone though: - Restoration survey - nondestructive and destructive survey; survey evaluations. - Wall painting cleaning - mechanical and chemical cleaning, approaches and materials. - Wall painting consolidation ? grouting; structural and surface consolidation (coatings), approaches and materials. - Filling of wall painting defects - approaches and materials. - Aesthetic presentation of wall paintings - treatment philosophy; retouch and reconstruction methods; materials. - Restoration documentation - conception of documentation; text, picture and graphic documentation. Students shall obtain knowledge such a way that an independent section of "live" monument is entrusted to them on which they shall implement comprehensive restoration whose conception along with particular solution they will consult with tutors. Before starting work on their tasks students shall get information in form of comprehensive lectures and presentations on a given subject. Discussion about restoration procedures and conception are led in terms of all groups or artist's workshop.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Projection
Learning outcomes
Students should be acquainted with basic restoration procedures. Then knowledge of particular techniques, their history and possibilities of modification for particular problems should deeper come. Acquiring of work procedures should be on level comparable with standards in practice.
Students shall acquire a spectrum of restoration procedures in terms of which they are to be able to use them in reference with particular problem independently. They should be also able to design independently conception of the whole restoration treatment and to state it by means of relevant arguments in discussions after it.
Prerequisites
In order to study this subject, students need to take part in subjects of Summer Practice I, II and III and Wall Painting Conservation Techniques I and II.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

The exam consists of attendance estimation (at least 80 %), work quality evaluation during the semester and both oral and visual (Power Point) presentation summarizing performed work.
Recommended literature
  • BRANDI, C. Teorie restaurování. Tichá Byzanc, Praha, 2002.
  • Emmenegger O., Knoepfli A., Koller M. Reclams Handbuch der Künstlerischen Techniken 2. Waldmalerei, Mosaik (gebundene Ausgabe). Stuttgart, 1990.
  • Hora, L., Hora, P., Philippot, P. Conservation of wall paintings. London, 1984.
  • Horie C. V. Materials for Conservation. London, 1987.
  • Hošek, J., Muk, J. Omítky historických staveb. Praha, 1989.
  • Munos Vinas, S. Contemporary Theory of Conservation. Oxford, 2005.
  • Schädler-Saub U. Die Kunst der Restaurierung. München, 2005.
  • Šimůnková, E., Bayerová, T. Pigmenty. Praha, 1999.
  • Vaněček, I. Nástěnné malby. Praha, 2000.
  • 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 Wall Painting and Sgraffito (2013) Category: Art and applied art 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter