FUNDAMENTALS OF CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE I

Part of the core teaching in Conservation of Cultural Heritage and Performing Arts Management, the course is designed for students enrolled in the archaeological and historical-artistic curricula and aims to provide the methodological tools and basic notional skills regarding the conservation and management of works of art in museums.
This course constitutes the first module of the course of Elements of management and conservation of cultural heritage and is connected to the second module of 6 credits (FT0451-2, held by prof. Cupperi).
The objectives of the teaching are: to provide a solid knowledge of the fundamental features of the history of museums and their conceptual and physical evolution, illustrating the cultural reasons, functions and types of organization and set-up over the centuries; to make female students and students capable of interpreting the present exhibition forms in the light of the historical evolution of the relationship between a work of art and the museum context and of the relationship between a work of art and the public; allow female students to identify with awareness the critical issues underlying the current debates regarding museums.

-knowledge and understanding: attendance of the course and individual study will allow female students to acquire the fundamental vocabulary of museology and museography and basic knowledge on the history of museums, their functioning, their social role and their management from past to present.

- ability to apply knowledge and understanding: knowing how to recognize the distinctive features of an organization and an exhibition in relation to its context and knowing how to compare it with similar cases; being able to identify the main problems related to the different methods of conservation and display; know the relationship between conservation interventions and museology.

- ability to judge: ability to critically evaluate the choices of organization, displaying and management of a contemporary museum on the basis of the criteria it presents, recognizing its forms and cultural reasons.

- communication skills: knowing how to use the specific vocabulary of museology in an appropriate way to describe the historical and contemporary museum reality; acquire the ability to intervene with full knowledge of the facts in the debate on the issues of heritage management and conservation by comparing themselves with colleagues and teachers.

- learning ability: knowing how to recognize the fundamental characteristics of a museum from the point of view of organization and set-up; knowing how to place the history of a museum in the broader evolution of the history of European and world museums with reference to historical-social contexts and with comparisons with similar or opposable cases.

No particular prerequisites, however it would be better to have a brief knowledge of the main historical events of the modern and contemporary age. Visiting the local museums is also highly recommended (before or during the course).

The course (6 credits) will be dedicated to museology and elements of museography.
The lessons will start by addressing the specific lexicon of the discipline, and then retrace the history that leads from collecting in humanistic studies to the museum of the twentieth century through emblematic cases, observed in their own cultural, chronological and socio-political context and considering in parallel the evolution of the rules related to conservation.
Museography themes will also be addressed, in particular with regard to the evolution of educational aids from nineteenth-century tags to 21st-century digital apps.
In the second part of the course, the current debate on the role of the museum in post-modern society, on the relationship between history and museum systems, on the handling of works of art for exhibitions, on the use of deposits will be held.
The course aims to provide the tools to understand the evolution of the status of movable works of art from cult objects or objects of daily use to museum pieces, through the analysis of the phases of culture and taste that have led to the formation of collected from the concept of modern museum, up to the crisis and the renewal of the same concept in today's society, a theme to which ample space will be left. The lessons will proceed both through the chronological reconstruction of the evolution of the conception and space of the museum, and through exemplary case studies.

BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS:
- Maria Teresa Fiorio, “Il museo nella storia. Dallo studiolo alla raccolta pubblica”, Mondadori, Milano 2011 (or later editions).
- Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli, "Il museo nel mondo contemporaneo. La teoria e la prassi", Carocci, Roma 2011, pp.127-154; 171-200 (chapters 9, 10, 12, 13).
- Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli, “Pezzi da Museo. Perché alcuni oggetti durano per sempre”, Carocci, Roma 2017, pp. 11-31; 53-115 (chapters 1, 3, 4, 5).

NOTICE: All students, attending or not, are required to visit at least two museums of their choice (to be agreed with the teacher), of which they must know the main historical events and be able to describe the criteria of display, bringing specific examples relating to the works. One or more questions of the exam may relate to this.

BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
In addition to the bibliography indicated above, non-attending students must study the following texts:
- Adalgisa Lugli, “Museologia”, Jaca Book, Milano 1992.
- Krzysztof Pomian, "Collezionisti, amatori e curiosi. Parigi-Venezia XVI-XVIII secolo", Il Saggiatore, Milano 2007, pp. 83-129.

NOTICE: All students, attending or not, are required to visit at least two museums of their choice (to be agreed with the teacher), of which they must know the main historical events and be able to describe the criteria of display, bringing specific examples relating to the works. One or more questions of the exam may relate to this.

The assessment of learning takes place through a written test lasting 2 hours which involves the carrying out of 5 open questions on the topics covered during the course and / or explained in the exam bibliography, including the knowledge of the two museums of your choice, as indicated in the bibliography.
A score from 0 to 6 will be assigned to each of the 5 questions, which will make up the final result of the 6 cfu test. The overall grade of the exam will consist of the average of the two grades obtained in the tests relating to the two modules that make up the course.
During the written test the use of books, notes, and any paper or electronic supports is not allowed.
The exam aims to verify that the knowledge derived from the topics covered during the course has been acquired and the basic concepts of the teaching materials present in the university's moodle platform and in the mandatory bibliography have been acquired.

Lectures supported by teaching materials on power-point, made available weekly on the university's moodle platform.

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For any changes or updates, please always consult the Moodle space relating to the course.

Ca 'Foscari applies Italian law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) for support and accommodation services available to students with disabilities or with specific learning disabilities. In case of motor, visual, hearing or other disabilities (Law 17/1999) or a specific learning disorder (Law 170/2010) and need for support (classroom assistance, technological aids for carrying out individualized exams or exams, accessible format material, notes retrieval, specialist tutoring to support the study, interpreters or other), please contact the Disability and SLD office: disable@unive.it.

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