Publication in the Diário da República: Despacho n.º 10852/2016 - 05/09/2016
5 ECTS; 2º Ano, 1º Semestre, 15,0 T + 60,0 PL + 3,0 OT , Cód. 938016.
Lecturer
- Fernando dos Santos Antunes (1)(2)
(1) Docente Responsável
(2) Docente que lecciona
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Objectives
1.Know the main actors in altarpiece production and the materials and production techniques of altarpieces and other carved objects;
2.Identify and understand the causes of alteration and deterioration of objects: the alterability processes, the natural aging of materials, and the alteration of materials damage and pathologies;
3.Understand and apply the theory of conservation and restoration in altarpieces and carving, in the different interventions according to the criteria and deontological, ethical and technical aspects to be taken into account in the design and intervention phases;
4.Understand and carry out the preparatory phase of treatments, applying basic rules of organization and operation in the laboratory and shipyard, carrying out the registration and documentation of the work and intervention process, the identification of materials and techniques of the object, the preparation of diagnosis and formulation of treatment proposal;
5.Understand and perform conservation and restoration treatments at the level of structures and at the level of surface strata.
Program
THEORETICAL COMPONENT:
A. RETABLES AND THE WOODCARVING OBJECTS: ACTORS, MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES
1. Brief introduction to the history of retables and woodcarving in Portugal
2. The participants in the process of artistic production
3. The retables and woodcarving objects structures
4. Decorative metallic and polychrome coatings
B. ALTERATIONS AND DETERIORATION OF WOOD OBJECTS
1. Causes of physical nature
1.1. Temperature and Relative Humidity
1.2. Mechanical effects
2. Causes of chemical nature
2.1. Solid, liquid and gaseous pollutants
2.2. Solid and liquid reagents
3. Causes of a biological nature
3.1. Microorganisms - pests
3.2. Macro organisms - plagues
3.3. Harmful animals and plants
C. THEORY OF CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION IN THE RETABLES AND WOODCRAVING OBJECTS
1. Types of intervention - preventive, conservative, restitutive
2. Deontological, ethical and technical criteria and aspects to be taken into account in the project and intervention phases
LABORATORY PRACTICE COMPONENT:
D. PREPARATORY PHASE OF TREATMENT
1. Basic rules of organization and operation in the laboratory and in the repair yard
2. Registration and documentation of the work intervention process
2.1. Execution of photographic records
2.2. Execution graphic schemes
2.3. Execution of technical design and mappings
2.4. Fill of the Technical Worksheet & Record sheet
3. Identification of the materials and techniques of artwork
3.1. Naked eye identification
3.2. Macroscopic and microscopic identification
3.3. Identification with exams and analysis
4. Observation and examination of the conservation status
4.1. Identification of environmental conditions of the site of origin of the work
4.2. Identification of previous interventions
4.3. Survey of exams and analysis needs
5. Discussion of results and preparation of diagnosis
6. Formulation of treatment proposal
E. TREATMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION
1. Treatment of the structures
1.1. Disassembling elements
1.2. Immunization / disinfestation
1.3. Consolidation
1.4. Stabilization protection of metallic elements
1.5. Review of wood joinery
1.6. Reconstitution of structural elements
1.7. Connection and gluing elements
1.8. Filling gaps
1.9. Reconstitution of missing elements
2. Surface treatment
2.1. Pre-fixing and fixing of surface layers
2.2. Attachment / gluing decorative surface layers
2.3. Cleaning Systems
2.3.1. Cleaning Types
2.3.2. Layers solubility tests
2.3.3. Repaintings removal
2.3.4. Handling of products and materials - care and protection
2.4. Fill gaps
2.4.1. Levelling the fillings
2.5. Chromatic and pictorial reintegration
2.6. Application of protective layer
Evaluation Methodology
Integrated Assessment Components and Their Weighting in Continuous and Final Assessment:
Theoretical Component (50%):
1.Written Work (25%)
2. Technical Sheet and Worksheet (25%)
Laboratory Practice Component (50%):
3. Performance (35%)
4. Attendance/participation (15%)
Complementary information:
-The evaluation results from the weighting of the evaluation items, with the student having to obtain at least 10 values for each component to obtain approval;
-Students who have an average equal to or greater than 10 are exempt from the exam;
-Students who obtain at least 10 values in the practical laboratory component (items 3 and 4) will be admitted to the exam;
-Students who do not obtain at least 10 marks in the practical laboratory component (items 3 and 4) will be excluded from the exam;
-Eventual improvements will be made only to the Theoretical Component (items 1 and 2) keeping in the final weighting the evaluation obtained in the laboratory practical component (items 3 and 4).
Bibliography
- A.V., . (1991). Gilded Wood-Conservation and history. Connecticut: Sound View Press
- DESCAMPS (DIR.), F. (2002). Metodología para la Conservación de Retablos de Madera Policromada. Seminario Internacional Organizado por el Getty Conservation Institute y el Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico Sevilla.. Sevilha: Junta de Andalucía. Consejería de Cultura / The J. Paul Getty Trust.
- Liotta, G. (1991). Gli Inseti e i dani del legno - Problemi di restauro. Firenzi: Nardini Editore
- WERNER, A. e BROMMELLE, N. (1965). Deterioration and Treatment of Wood. Joint Meeting of the ICOM Committee for Scientific Museum Laboratories and the ICOM Sub-Committee for the Care of Paintings. Washington and New York: ICOM
Teaching Method
1.Theoretical classes, expository nature
2.Laboratory Practical Classes,application sessions where interventions are developed in retables & wood carvings, under the professor guidance
3.Tutorial guidance,pedagogical, technical & scientific support
Software used in class
Not applicable.
