RESTAURATION WORKSHOP

The teaching is part of the restoration workshop courses. Specifically, the course provides knowledge relating to the study of the chemical and physical characteristics of the materials used in the art (pigments, binders, natural and artificial stone) and to the study of some intervention systems, with particular attention to cleaning operations. Students will be able to examine the materials produced in the previous part (mod.1) using some basic analytical techniques, to define appropriate strategies for the evaluation of the cleaning operations, from the development of the method and up to the evaluation of the effectiveness in relation to the nature of the support. The work will be carried out both on the supports produced by the students and on real works of art, in collaboration with museums and superintendence.

1. Knowledge and understanding
A) Know analytical techniques, both invasive and non-invasive, for the analysis of the artifacts
B) Know methods for the evaluation and monitoring of cleaning interventions, with particular reference to the painting surfaces
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
A) Knowing how to identify and applied the most appropriate analytical methods for the study of artefacts
B) Knowing how to transfer the analytical methodologies also on real case of study
3. Ability to judge
i) Being able to evaluate the analytical results
ii) Knowing how to propose intervention solutions suitable to specific artworks
4. Communication skills
i) Knowing how to communicate the knowledge learned and the result of their application using appropriate terminology.
ii) Knowing how to interact with classmates in a respectful and constructive way during group activities.
5. Learning skills
i) Knowing how to organize work, selecting and collecting information according to their importance and priority.
ii) Being able to be sufficiently autonomous and active in the production and collection of experimental data.

General and Inorganic Chemistry, Restoration Chemistry I, possibly having passed the examination of these teaching.

In relation to the training objectives and expected learning outcomes, the contents of the course are the following:
- Introduction
Description of the program, methods of examination and bibliography.
- Analysis of pigments and binders.
Spot-test for the characterization of traditional inorganic pigments and organic binders. Solubility test on organic binders and paints. Preparation and reading of cross sections of pictorial layers.
- Analysis of inorganic supports
Analysis of plaster and stone samples by spot-test, morphological analysis (MO) and FT-IR spectrophotometry
- Cleaning test on pictorial support produced in the laboratory
Application of gels, solvent-gels, enzymatic systems. Cleaning control investigations (contact microscopy, color variations, FT-IR analysis)
-Application of analytical methodologies and intervention on real cases

Selected papers from national and international scientific journals, lecture notes
Campanella L. et al. Chimica per l’arte, Zanichelli
Amoroso A., Trattato di conservazione, ALinea Ed.
Matteini M. et al. Scienza e restauro : metodi di indagine, Nardini Editore
E.Doehne, C.A.Price, Stone conservation, The Getty Conservation Institute, 2010 (in moodle)

The preparation of the student will be evaluated by the evaluation and discussion of the laboratory reports.

Practical activities in the laboratory and introductory lessons

written

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Climate change and energy" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development