Maalatun puun / polykromiveistosten konservointi (KOMA017), 10.5 op

Basic information

Course name:	Maalatun puun / polykromiveistosten konservointi Conservation of painted wood and polychrome sculpture
Course Winha code:	KOMA017
Kurre acronym:
Credits:	10.5
Type and level of course:	Professional studies
Year of study, semester or study period:	2.year
Implementation:	Autumn semester, 1.period
Semester:
Language of tuition:	Suomi
Teacher:	Tannar Ruuben / Håkan Lindberg
Final assessment:	Grading scale (0-5)

Descriptions

Prerequisites

Basics of Documentation, Computer Documentation, Paintings on wood/Polychrome Sculptures, Icon conservation

Course contents (core content level)

This course is delivered through practical projects which allow students to develop their previously learned skills (Gilding, Historical paintig techniques, Materials) as well as gain new information. Different conservation methods (cleaning, consolidating, applying putty, retouching) will be discussed as this course serves as an introduction to advanced courses. Also the birth mechanisms of deterioration and preserve conditions before and after conservation work will be discussed.

Course contents (additional)

Core content level learning outcomes (knowledge and understanding)

This course will provide the students with information about conservation of art painted on wood (paintings, polychrome sculptures). Students will gain information about different materials, manufacturing technology, conservation materials as well as analysing/reseaching the materials.

Core content level learning outcomes (skills)

Recommended reading

1. Cleaning retouching and coatings technology and practice for easel paintings and polychrome sculpture, London : International Institute for Conservation, 1990.
2. The materials and methods of sculpture ; Jack C. Rich, 1974.
3.Polychrome sculpture / sculpture polychrome : ICOM congress, Washington 1993 : preprint / Workinggroup 5, Washington 1993.
4. Painted Wood: History and Conservation / Valerie Dorge, F. Carey Howlett (toim.), Getty Conservation Institute, 1994.
5. Gothic painted altar frontals from the churhc of Tingelstad / Leif Einar Plahter ; Erling Skaug ; Unn Plahter, Oslo.
6. The Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings, Getty, 1995.
7.The limewood sculptors of Renaissance Germany / Michael Baxandall, New Haven : Yale University Press, 1990.
8. Holzskulptur und Altarschrein : Studien zu Form, Material und Technik : Mittelalterische Plastik in Schweden / Peter Tångeberg, München : D. W. Callwey, 1989
9.Mittelalterliche Holzskulpturen und Altarschreine in Schweden : Studien zu Form, Material und Technik / Peter Tångeberg, Stockholm : Kungliga Vitterhets historie och antikvitets Akademien, 1986.
10.Farbige Skulpturen : Bedeutung, Fassung, Restaurierung / Johannes Taubert, München : D. W. Callwey, 1983.
11. Holbein´s Ambassadors. Foister, S., Roy, A., Wyld, M., 1997
12.Material handed out by the teacher.

Teaching and learning strategies

Lectures, one individual work (possibly as a groupwork) with a help of a tutor. A visit to Stockholm, to the department of Conservation at the Museum of National Antiquities. We will there take a closer look at their collections of art painted on wood and the conservation methods. Each student will give a Powerpoint presentation based on the articles/literature chosen by the teacher.

Teaching methods and student workload

Assessment weighting and grading

Assessment is based on the outcome of the pactical conservation project and the level of independence in which students work. Ability to solve problems, co-operation and the presentation are also important parts of the assessment.