FPF:UHVM0015 Conservation and Restoration I - Course Information

UHVM0015 Conservation and Restoration I

Extent and Intensity

0/3/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Ing. Mgr. Hana Rajhelová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Antonín Šimčík (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Antonín Šimčík
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Prerequisites

UHVM0014 Introduction into Museum Conse
Student must successfully pass the course M0014 - Introduction into Museum Conservation or UHV/M1030 Museum Conservation and Restoration I.
Successful completion of the final test and the preparation and presentation of the essay.
Student must submit current medical certificate of his medical fitness for work in the laboratory of conservation center, where he works and manipulates with chemicals (acids, bases, volatile substances etc.)and uses chemical-physical instruments.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• History - Museology (programme FPF, B7105 HiVe)
• Museology in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, B6107 HuSt)
• Museology in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, B7105 HiVe)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with comprehensive issues of conservation and restoration of cultural heritage objects from iron and non-ferrous metals. Students can verify their theoretical knowledge in seminar exercises in the Centre of restoration and conservation UHV. Attention will be paid to the objects of iron, copper, tin, lead, zinc, silver, gold and aluminium. Students will try out possibilities survey artefact, preventive conservation, remedial conservation, restoration and documentation. The thesis also mentions the area of ??occupational safety and familiarization with the potential risks for staff and collections. The main task of the seminar will be writing a seminar paper - namely, developing a concept complex intervention on a given subject in a simple metal. Each student will have to carry out survey, proposal intervention, conservation, storing and documentation. Listeners must continuously during the semester also process subtasks that they will be entered in the laboratory exercises. Above the results of seminar papers will be shared discussion moderated by the teacher.

Syllabus

• 1. Remedial conservation and restoration.
  2. Property damage and principles of conservation and restoration of iron objects - stabilization of the corrosion layer.
  3. The principles of conservation and restoration of iron objects - removing the corrosion layer.
  4. Property damage and principles of conservation and restoration of objects of copper alloy - stabilization of the corrosion layer.
  5. The principles of conservation and restoration of objects of copper alloy - the removal of the corrosion layer.
  6. Property damage and principles of conservation and restoration of silver.
  7. Property damage and principles of conservation and restoration of lead.
  8. Property damage and principles of conservation and restoration of tin.
  9. Property damage and principles of conservation and restoration of zinc.
  10. Property damage and principles of conservation and restoration of gold.
  11. Property damage and principles of conservation and restoration of aluminum and other light metals.
  12. Presentation of seminar papers.

Literature

recommended literature
• COSTA, V.:. Použití elektrochemických metod při průzkumu kovových artefaktů. info
• ŠIMČÍK, A. - ŠIMČÍKOVÁ, M. Výběrová bibliografie konzervátorské literatury (1990-2003). URL info
• Kolektiv autorů. Konzervování a restaurování kovů. Ochrana předmětů kulturního dědictví z kovů a jejich slitin. Brno, 2011. info
• PERLÍK, D. Povrchové úpravy kovových archeologických nálezů ? ?tipy a triky, aneb jak na to? Praha, 2011. info
• STOULIL, J. a kol. Alternativní povlaky pro stabilizaci železných archeologických nálezů. Brno, 2010. info
• SCOTT, D.A. a kol. Iron and Steel in Art. London, 2009. info
• PERLÍK, D. Konzervace stříbrných brakteátů. Brno, 2009. info
• GRIESSER-STERMSCHEG, M. - KRIST, G. Metallkonservierung, Metallrestaurierung. Wien, 2009. info
• KREISLOVÁ, K. Dočasná protikorozní ochrana. Praha, 2008. info
• APPLEBAUM, B. Conservation treatment metodology. Amsterdam, 2007. info
• PERLÍK, D. Nové možnosti uložení archeologických nálezů. Brno, 2007. info
• ODEGAARD, N. a kol. Material Characterization Test for Objects or Art and Archaeology. London, 2005. info
• MIDDLETON, A - LANG, J. Radiography of Cultural Material. Oxford, 2005. info
• SELWYN, L. Metals and Corrosion. Canada, 2004. info
• Kolektiv autorů. Sborník z workshopu Stabilizace železných archeologických nálezů konaného ve dnech 4.-5.11.2002 v Technickém muzeu v Brně. Brno, 2003. info
• SCOTT, D.A. Copper and Bronze in Art. Los Angeles, 2002. info
• ŠILHOVÁ, A. Elektrochemická redukce korozních produktů bronzových předmětů a jejich chemická analýza. Brno, 2000. info
• ZINKGUSS. Die Konservierung von Denkmälern aus Zink; Arbeitshefte des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Denkmalpflege. Mnichov, 1999. info
• ŠILHOVÁ, A., - FOLZAN, M. Aplikace elektrolytických metod při restaurování bronzových předmětů a olověného sarkofágu. Brno, 1998. info
• SCOTT, D.A. Ancient and historic Matals. Oxford, 1995. info
• USTOUHAL, V. Kovy a slitiny. Brno, 1992. info
• CRONYN, J.M. . The Elements of Archaelogical Conservation. 1990. info
• JAREŠ, V. Metalografie neželezných kovů. Praha, 1955. info

Assessment methods

Grade

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Successful completion of the final test and the preparation and presentation of the essay.

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Cvičení	2
Přednáška	1
Summary	3

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