| CODE | BLH5527 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Conservation Practicals 3: Conserving Decorative Architectural Surfaces | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Conservation and Built Heritage | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit consists of regular practical sessions, mainly on site but also in the laboratory, which, by means of supervised instruction and practical application, guide the students through the range of preventive and remedial interventions used in the conservation of decorative architectural surfaces. The practical will primarily take place on original decorative architectural surfaces and focusing on a specific project. Students will be encouraged to tackle and solve practical problems using a systematic methodological and scientific approach. This will include the evaluation and testing of conservation materials and methods specific to each case. In this study-unit, which is the final one in the Master's programme after Conservation Practicals 1 and 2, the students will consolidate and refine their knowledge and skills to apply in a conservation project which closely follows -in all its components- a professional project. Study-unit Aims: - Further develop and consolidate skills and critical judgment in the application of conservation materials and methods to original decorative architectural surfaces; - Further encourage the application of knowledge gained through the curriculum of the MSc programme, not just concerning conservation materials and methods, but the overall methodological approach, including the several components of a site conservation project. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Critically evaluate in detail different, advanced treatment options in relation to a specific decorative architectural surface; - Critically describe in detail the advantages and disadvantages of the choices made to approach the conservation of a specific decorative architectural surface (preventive or remedial); - Critically, holistically and autonomously evaluate conservation treatments and preventive conservation measures for a decorative architectural surface, within the context of the entire conservation project. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Independently design a conservation treatment by choosing the most appropriate materials and methods for a particular decorative architectural surface with specific characteristics and specific deterioration problems; - Independently set up from scratch suitable laboratory tests and trials to evaluate the working properties and performance of a material / application method to use in a conservation treatment for decorative architectural surfaces; - Skillfully use a range of conservation materials and methods, and independently carry out with great dexterity a number of conservation treatments for decorative architectural surfaces. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Essential Readings: - Caple, C. 2001 Conservation skills: judgement, method and decision making. London: Routledge - Cather, S. (Ed.) 1991. The conservation of wall paintings, proceedings of a symposium organized by the Courtauld Institute of Art and the Getty Conservation Institute, London, July 13-16, 1987. Getty Conservation Institute - Cather, S. (2006). Trans-technological methodology: setting performance criteria for conserving wall paintings. In Far East Asian Mural Paintings: Diagnosis, Conservation and Restoration (pp. 89-95) - English Heritage. 2012. Practical building conservation. Mortars, renders and plasters - English Heritage. 2012. Practical building conservation. Stone - Gowing, R. and Heritage, A. 2003. Conserving the Painted Past: Developing Approaches to Wall Painting Conservation (Post-prints of an English Heritage Conference, 1999), London: James & James. Further reading: - Ashurst J. and N. 1988. Practical Building Conservation. Volume 3: Plasters, Mortars and Renders. Gower Technical Press - Fidler J. 1995. Lime Treatments: Lime Watering and Shelter Coating of Friable Historic Masonry. In: APT Bulletin, Special Issue: Preservation of Historic Masonry. Vol. XXVI, No.4, pp. 50-57. - Mora P., and Mora L. 1984. Conservation of Wall Paintings. Butterworth - Heinemann - Agnew, N. (Ed.) 2010. Conservation of ancient sites on the Silk Road: proceedings of the second international conference on the conservation of grotto sites, Mogao grottoes, Dunhuang, People' s Republic of China, June 28-July 3, 2004. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical, Independent Study & Tutorial | |||||||||
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