The course aimes at giving the students the basic theoretical knowledge and pratical skillsthat will enable them to analyse a polychrome wood sculpture's conservation state . With the scientific expert's cooperation they will be able to plan the different steps of a restauration scheme. 

The teaching programme consist of a theoretical part (25 hrs) and a praticalo ne, working on artifacts in the laboratory (100 hrs).

1 - lectures
• 1.01 - Wooden artifacts: manifacturing techniques and workshop's organisation (6hrs.)
• 1.02 - .Wood types used in wooden artifacts (5hrs)
• 1.03 -  Grounding and paint manufacturing techniques and materials. Ancient treaties (5hrs)
• 1.04 - Support, grounding, paint: main reasons of decay (5hrs)
• 1.05 - Preservation condition's esamination. Restoration needs planning (1hrs)
• 1.06 - Grounding and paint: fixing and consolidation. Methods and materials (1hrs)
• 1.07 - Cleaning. Questions about cleaning and previous conservation/restoration intervetions removal (2hrs)

2- pratical lessons - laboratory
• 2.01 - preliminary cataloguing (1hrs)
• 2.02 - fixing and consolidating the paint and ground layers (30hrs)
• 2.03 - cleaning and removing repainted layers (55 hrs)
• 2.04 - lacunae and filling materials (5 hrs)
• 2.05 - retouching and protective coating (9 hrs)

Knowledge and understanding.
At the end of the module's course, the student must have acquired all the theoretical knowledge necessary to:
1. reading the state of preservation of the artifact, the techniques of execution and the materials that make up it.
2. analyze and reconstruct the conservative history of a sculpture or wooden furniture
3. Identification and choice of adhesives and consolidators, suitable for the actual requirements of the product.
4. Removal of polychrome layers superimposed on the original paint film, using organic solvents and emulsions.
5. Knowledge of materials and techniques to be used in the reintegration of polychrome wood sculptures.
 

Applied knowledge and understanding.
At the end of the module, the student must demonstrate that he / she is able to:
- recognize the various decorative techniques and materials used to make them;
- identify the causes of degradation of the wooden artifact;
- Identify the methodology and materials to be used for cleaning and removing the layers covered by the polychrome of a wooden artifact.

Making judgments.
At the end of the first year lab the student will acquire:
- ability to use appropriate research methods to address the issues to be addressed;
- ability to evaluate different job hypotheses to address different cases of intervention.

Communication skills.
At the end of the first year lab the student must be able to formulate and argue for a conservative and aesthetic intervention project on the preparatory and pictorial layers of the wooden artifact.

Learning skills.
At the end of the module, the student must be able to find and organize independently all the scientific and bibliographic information about the materials and techniques of a wooden artifact.
It will also have to know how to organize such information for the drafting of the conservative and aesthetic intervention project.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Use of power point presentations

Teaching

Couses offered : lectures 25 hours

                      laboratory 100 hours  

Course books

Tonini, F., Scultura lignea. Tecniche e materiali. Manuale per allievi restauratori, Il Prato, Saonara (PD) 2015;

Castelli, C., Tecniche di costruzione dei supporti lignei dipinti, sta in Ciatti, M., Castelli, C., Santacesaria, A. (a cura di), Dipinti su tavola. La tecnica e la conservazione dei supporti, Edifir, Firenze 2013, pp. 59-98;

Castelli C., Santacesaria A., Il restauro dei supporti lignei, sta in Ciatti, M., Castelli, C., Santacesaria, A. (a cura di), Dipinti su tavola. La tecnica e la conservazione dei supporti, Edifir, Firenze 2013, pp. 169-195;

Diodato, S.P., I buoni colori di una volta, Menabò, Ortona 2012;

Frezzato, F. (a cura di), Cennino Cennini. Il libro dell’arte, Vicenza 2011;

Rinaldi, S., Storia tecnica dell’arte. Materiali e metodi della pittura e della scultura (secc. V-XIX), Carocci, Roma 2011;

Brandi, C., Teoria del restauro, Einaudi, Torino 2006;

Assessment

1. PowerPoint presentation on laboratory activities, documenting images, comments and references to the bibliography and texts recommended by the teachers, to be sent to the teacher a week before the exam.
2. Examination in written form consisting of:
to. Structured tests: 5 questions closed
b. Unstructured trials: 3 open question, with subsequent oral examination

The exam will be evaluated based on the following parameters:

1. Laboratory activity 50%,
which comprises:
- Technical-manual attitude, quantity and quality of work done;
Understanding problems and information;
- Autonomy in the management of job assignments;
- Punctuality and presence;
2. Exam Test 35%
3. PowerPoint 15%

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.