| CODE | BLH4034 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Development of Practical Manual Skills 2: Easel Painting | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Conservation and Built Heritage | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit consists entirely of supervised, laboratory-based practical sessions, with an in-depth focus on easel paintings. During the sessions, the students will handle and use original materials and traditional tools to learn the process of making of a range of easel paintings. Students will primarily work individually but they will also be engaged in group exercises. Workshops will include the following: - development of observation skills; - development of dexterity and practical skills; - drawing exercises; - handling and testing of traditional materials, such as adhesives, pigments and binders used in easel paintings; - systematic examination of the technique of canvas and panel paintings. These will be followed by a fully integrated exercise engaging with the entire process required to replicate a real canvas/panel painting or a sample of it. Students will document their practical work in a journal. Study-Unit Aims: - Develop and improve manual skills and dexterity, with a specific focus on original materials and techniques of easel paintings; - Engage the students in hands-on activities aiming at testing traditional materials and processes through empirical and experiential learning; - Expose the students to the critical process leading to the making of a historically-accurate reconstruction/replication of a painting. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Be able to reproduce the basic steps involved in the making of a canvas/panel painting; - Describe and critically discuss the steps involved during the making of a historically-accurate reconstruction of a painting; - Recognize and describe materials and methods used to create a selection of easel painting using appropriate terminology; - Recognise, record and discuss the working properties of a selection of traditional materials commonly used in easel paintings. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Produce replicas of a selection of canvas/panel paintings using traditional tools and techniques; - Record and illustrate practical work through a journal; - Examine a canvas/panel painting and describe the processes through which it was created. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Carlyle, L. "Reconstructions of Oil Painting Materials and Techniques : The HART Model for Approaching Historical Accuracy." Reconstruction, Replication and Re-enactment in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Amsterdam: Amsterdam UP, 2021. 141-68 (Available thorugh University online resources). - Eastaugh, N., Walsh, V., Chapli, T., & Siddall, R. (2008). Pigment compendium. A Dictionary and Optical Microscopy of Historical Pigments. Routledge (Available at Main Library General). - Hill Stoner, J. and Rushfield, R. (Eds) 2012. Conservation of Easel Paintings. Routledge (Available at Main Library General). - Stols-Witlox, M. (2017). A Perfect Ground: Preparatory Layers for Oil Paintings 1550-1900. Archetype Publications (Available t Main Library General). Supplementary Texts: - Broecke, L. 2015. Cennino Cennini's Il Libro Dell'arte: A New English Translation and Commentary with Italian Transcription. Archetype, (Available Main Library General) |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-units: Development of Practical Manual Skills 1 | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical, Independent Study & Tutorial | |||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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