SECTION 2.1 

Dr BENEDETTA FAZI - Assistant Dr Agnese Maltoni

The theoretical course will allow the student to acquire the main notions inherent to the artefacts painted on textile support through the knowledge of the executive techniques and the constituent materials on the basis of the study of the sources. During the workshop, models will be made as follows: support structure, textile support, preparations, primers, preparatory drawing, pictorial drafts, finishing layers. 

SECTION 2.1 Dr BENEDETTA FAZI - Assistente Dr Agnese Maltoni

1. Executive techniques

1a. The stratigraphy of a painting on canvas (5 HOURS)

1b. Support structure (3 HOURS)

1c. Support (3 HOURS)

1d. Preparatory layers (3 HOURS)

1e. Preparatory drawing (1 HOUR)

2. History of the evolution of painting on canvas

2a. Historical sources (1 HOUR)

2b. Antiquity (1 HOUR)

2c. The fourteenth century (1 HOURS)

2d. The 15th century (1 HOUR)

2e. The sixteenth century (1 HOUR)

2f. The seventeenth century (1 HOUR)

2 g. The eighteenth century (1 HOUR)

2h. The nineteenth century (1 HOUR)

3. History and traditional methods of coating (4 HOURS)

4a. Preparation of the canvas (12 HOURS)

4b. Preparation and drafting of the preparatory layers (28 HOURS)

4c. Transposition of the preparatory drawing (dusting, direct and indirect engraving, brushstrokes and brushstrokes, calcination method with cardboard, etc.) (18 HOURS)

4d. Paintings (25 HOURS)

4e. Preparation and drafting of the preparatory layers ((15 HOURS)

D.1 The student must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of executive techniques, degradation phenomenology, cleaning techniques, structural interventions on the support and preparatory and pictorial layers of a canvas painting

D.2 The student will have to practically apply the acquired knowledge, demonstrating aptitude to solve problems also in reference to new and interdisciplinary situations

D.3 The student must demonstrate independent evaluation and ability to find and assimilate information and data useful for the correct formulation of an intervention hypothesis

D.4 The student must demonstrate the ability to draw up a precise technical report of the interventions performed with relative justification of methodologies and materials chosen using an adequate specialist terminology

D.5 The student must demonstrate the aptitude for study and independent learning

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

Teaching

FRONTAL LESSONS AND LABORATORY LESSONS

Attendance

DIDACTIC REGULATION art.7 a.a. 2020-2021

Attendance at the restoration laboratory activities is mandatory; Absences are allowed for no more than 25% of the total number of hours relating to the Laboratory attended and for no more than 25% of the total number of hours of each individual section of the relative Laboratory. Attendance registration is required. The presence in the restoration laboratories is subject to the acquisition of the certificates relating to the Safety courses as indicated in the Regulations of the Restoration laboratories.

Course books

Historical sources

CENNINI C., Il Libro dell'Arte, a cura di F. Brunello, Neri Pozza Editore, Vicenza 1971, cap. CXIII- CXXI; cap. CLXII – CLXV 

DE MAYERNE T.T., Pittura, scultura e delle arti minori (1620-1646), a cura di Simona Rinaldi, De Rubeis, Anzio 1995, pp. VII-XI; 27-31; 77-78; 91-93; 196-197; 208-211; 221-229. 

ARMENINI G. B. (ed.1586), De’ veri precetti della pittura, a cura di M. Gorreri, Einaudi, Torino 1988, pp. 119, 138-145

VASARI G. (ed. 1550),  Le Vitae dei più eccellenti pittori, scultori e architetti, a cura di L. Bellosi e A. Rossi, Einaudi, Torino 1986, cap. XXI, XXIII. 

VOLPATO G.B., Modo da tener nel dipingere, in M.P.Merrield, The original treatises on the art of painting, New York 1967, pp.727-755. 

PACHECO FRANCISCO, Arte de la pintura, Siviglia 1649, pp.480-482. 

DOERNER M., The materials of the artist and their use in painting, Harcourt Brace and World, New York 1962, pp. 3-44. 

DE CHIRICO G., Piccolo trattato di tecnica pittorica, Scheiwiller, Milano 1928, pp.9-61 

Study books

COLDAGELLI M.C., TORRIOLI N., Introduzione ai supporti tessili in C. Maltese (a cura di), I supporti nelle arti pittoriche. Storia, tecnica, restauro. Parte seconda. Mursia, Milano 1990, pp. 15-19, 26-38, 49-111. MARCONI S., Preparazioni e imprimiture dei dipinti su tavola e tela: materiali, metodi e storia in C. Maltese (a cura di), Preparazione e nitura delle opere pittoriche, Mursia, Milano 1993, pp.11-  18, 27- 34, 71-116, 163-178. 

MATTEINI M., MOLES A., Tecnica della pittura antica: le preparazioni del supporto in Kermes, anno II, n°4. gennaio/aprile 1989. 

S. RINALDI, Storia tecnica dell’arte. Materiali e metodi della pittura e della scultura (secc. V-XIX), Carocci, Roma 2022

M.CIATTI, E. SIGNORINI, a cura di, Dipinti su tela problemi e prospettive per la conservazione, Il Prato, Padova, 2006 pp. 9-48, 85-93. 

Assessment

After having attended at least 75% of each single laboratory section, the student will be able to take the relative partial during the official exam sessions.

After having taken the partial exams of each of the 4 sections and the supplementary module, the exam will be recorded during the official exam sessions with a single evaluation resulting from the average of the partial evaluations. The evaluation of the final grade will be obtained as follows:

Average of partial ratings 90%

Supplementary module rating 10%

ORAL EXAMINATION AND WRITTEN REPORT

Partial examination

To take each partial exam, the student must submit a Technical Report of the activity carried out in the laboratory. In agreement with the reference teacher. The paper must be sent by e-mail at least two weeks before the exam to the teachers on computer support.

The partial exam consists of an oral interview to be taken with the teacher belonging to the section.

The oral exam will focus on:

operations carried out in the laboratory;

bibliography provided by the teachers

discussion on the report presented.

The final grade of the partial exam will be the percentage sum of three grades: Laboratory, written report and oral exam. The evaluation metric will be as follows:

Laboratory 40%

The Laboratory Activities will have the following evaluation from:

18 if the student covers the minimum attendance

19 to 28 if the student demonstrates good manual skills

28 to 30 if the student actively participates and interacts with the group

Written Report 20%

The written report will have a rating from

18 to 25 if the report covers all the topics covered

25 to 28 if the report has adequate technical language and relevant examples

28 to 30 if all the elements of the report are illustrated in a complete and in-depth manner.

Oral exam 40%

The oral exam will have an evaluation from

18 to 23 if the answers to the questions are incomplete and lacking in adequate language

24 to 28 if the answers to the questions are complete and with adequate language

28 to 30 if the student demonstrates the ability to process and interpret the knowledge acquired

Exam Supplementary module

In each exam session, dates are set for the exam in the history of artistic techniques. Fifteen days before each exam date, which will be published on the exam calendar available on the website of the course of study (https://restauro.uniurb.it), the essay must be sent in order to allow the teacher the necessary time for the correction of the same and to be able to communicate the result on the date chosen by the student to take the history of artistic techniques module. Those who do not pass the exam can present the same topic as the essay at the next exam session, while those who refuse the grade will have to propose a new essay topic making sure they have time to produce it in the same session, otherwise the essay will have to be presented in the following session.

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.

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.

Teaching

Teaching

Students who have not attended at least 75% of each laboratory section will not be allowed to take partial exams.