FPF:UHVM0016 Conservation and Restoration I - Course Information

UHVM0016 Conservation and Restoration II

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

UHVM0015 Conservation and Restoration I || UHVM0070 Art and society of the early m
Student must successfully pass the course M0015 - Conservation and Restoration I. or M1031 Museum Conservation and Restoration II.
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 seminar is to acquaint students with comprehensive issues of conservation and restoration of cultural heritage objects of selected inorganic and organic materials. It is another step in laboratory practice and the extent of self-employment in the laboratory reflects the growing level of knowledge of students. Students can verify their theoretical knowledge seminar exercises in the Centre of restoration and conservation UHV. Attention will be paid to ceramics, glass, stone, bricks buildings, and wood, including wood from archaeological findings, the issue of protection of wooden architecture in museums, paper, and books. Students can in the laboratory exercises try out possibilities survey of artefact, preventive conservation, remedial conservation, basic restoration techniques and methods of documentation of the treatment. 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 treatment on a given object. Each student will have to carry out research, treatment proposal, remedial 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

• Overview of subject matter:
  1. Conservation and restoration techniques for ceramics.
  2. Property damage and exploration of glass.
  3. Conservation and restoration of glass.
  4. Features and damaging the stone.
  5. Conservation and restoration procedures for stone.
  6. Specifics protection of masonry structures.
  7. Specifics identification and remediation of biological attack on organic materials.
  8. Property damage and procedures for wood preservatives. Preservation of dry wood.
  9. Property damage and procedures for wood preservatives. Conservation wet (archaeological) wood.
  10. Specifics protection of wooden architecture.
  11. Property damage and research paper.
  12. Conservation and restoration procedures for paper.

Literature

recommended literature
• Koesling, V. Vom Feuerstein zum Bakelit. Berlin 1999. info
• ŠKRDLANTOVÁ, M. Biocidní ochrana plynováním. Praha, 2012. info
• ION, M.R. - DONCEA, M.S. - ION, L.M. Nanomaterials for Chemical and Biological Restorationof Old Books. Wien, 2011. info
• BANIK, G. - BRUCKLE, I. Paper and Water. A Guide fo rConservators. Oxford, 2011. info
• KOLLER, M. - KNALL, U. Holzobjekte und ihre Oberflächen. Untersuchung ? Konservierung ? Restaurierung. Klosterneuburg, 2010. info
• MARQUARDT, M. Original oder Fälschung? Sammlerpraxis. RestaurierteMöbelbewerten ? Plagiateerkennen. Battenberg, 2008. info
• APPELBAUM, B. Conservation treatment metodology. Amsterdam, 2007. info
• KOOB, S.P. Conservation and Care of Glass objects. London, 2006. info
• MIDDLETON, A - LANG, J. Radiography of Cultural Material. Oxford, 2005. info
• KUČEROVÁ, L. - DRÁBKOVÁ, K. Konzervace vodou nasyceného dřeva sacharidy. Praha, 2004. info
• DAVISON, S. Conservation of Glass. Oxford, 2003. info
• ĎUROVIČ, M. a kol. Restaurování a konzervování archiválií a knih. Praha, 2002. info
• STRAKA, R. Preventivní péče. In ĎUROVIČ, M. a kol. Restaurování a konzervování archiválií a knih. Praha, 2002. info
• UNGER, A. - SCHNIEWIND, A.P. - UNGER, W. Conservation of Wood Artifacts. A Handbook. Heidelberg, 2001. info
• PAŘÍKOVÁ, J. - KUČEROVÁ, I. Jak likvidovat plísně. Praha, 2001. info
• ŠIMŮNKOVÁ, E. - KUČEROVÁ, I. Dřevo. Praha, 2000. info
• VANĚČEK, I. Nástěnné malby. Praha, 2000. info
• KOTLÍK, P.- KAŠE, J.- ŠRÁMEK, J. Opuka, STOP. Praha, 2000. info
• KOTLÍK, P. Stavební materiály historických objektů. Praha, 1999. info
• BUKOVSKÝ, V. Žlutnutie novinového papiera - vplyv svetla. Praha, 1999. info
• DOMASŁAWSKI, W. a kol. Badania nad konserwacją murów ceglanych. Toruń, 1998. info
• DORGE, V. - HOWLETT, F.C. PaintedWood: History and Conservation. Williamsburg, 1998. info
• DAŇKOVÁ, A. Restaurování souboru renesančního skla zdobeného emailem. Brno, 1998. info
• TENNENT, N. The Conservation Glass and Ceramics. London, 1998. info
• BACÍLKOVÁ, B. Biologická degradace materiálu. Litomyšl, 1996. info
• BUYS, S. - OAKLEY, V. The Conservation and Restoration of Ceramics. Oxford, 1996. info
• PRICE, C.A. Stone Conservation. London, 1995. info
• JOSEF, J. Technologie výroby keramiky. Praha, 1994. info
• KOLAŘÍK, L. Restaurování písemných památek. Tvorba faksimilií. Praha, 1991. 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.

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