Introduction to Conservation and Restoration I I
Code
10106
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Conservação e Restauro
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Maria Filomena Meireles Abrantes de Macedo Dinis, Rita Andreia Silva Pinto de Macedo
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Português
Subject matter
1. Concepts
1.1 Cultural Heritage and Scientific Heritage definitions. Conservation, remedial conservation, preservative conservation, and restoration concepts.
1.2 Case studies for concepts application : visits to a Monument and to Conservation Laboratories.
2. Evolution
2.1 The restoration history and the origins of the conservation as a science:
2.2 Major restoration theories: from John Ruskin to Cesari Brandi.
2.3 New paradigms: from Salvador Muñoz Viñas to Frank Hassard.
3. Education &Training
3.1 The role of international organizations in training and professional status of the conservator-restorer.
3.2 Principal normative documents for the profession.
4. Ethics of the Profession.
4.1 The influency of heritage meanning and value on the work developed by the conservator.
4.2 Conservation and restoration activities restrictions: reversibility and re-treatability concepts.
4.3 Relationship between the conservator/restorer and other professions: the interdisciplinary team.
4.4 Preservation and conservation practice versus accessibility of the heritage.
Bibliography
Avrami, E., Randall M. and M. de la Torre, eds. Values and Heritage Conservation: Research Report. Los Angeles: GCI, 2000.
Luciani, R., Il restauro. Storia. Teoria. Tecniche. Protagonisti. Roma: Fratelli Palombi Editori, 1988.
Martínez J., María J. Historia y teoría de la conservación y restauración artística. 2ª ed. Madrid: Tecnos, 2001.
Price, N. S., Mansfield K. Talley and Alessandra M. Vaccaro, eds. Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage. Los Angeles: GCI, 1996.