Textual Sources, Material Culture And Conservation 2018/2019

From Plinius to Vitruvius to Cennino Cennini: a storiographical overview of artistical techniques. The discovery and theorization of Perspective. Painting materials and techniques on wood, canvas and walls.PARTE SECONDA: L'AFFRESCO

FRESCO’S MATERIALS

Lime, inert, compatible pigments and those to avoid 

EXECUTION TECHNIQUES

The drawing, the preparatory cartoon, the giornate the pouncing, the incisions

MAKING FRESCO - PRACTICAL EXERCISE

Painting a small example of fresco on a mobile support

BIG QUATTRO-CINQUECENT FRESCO CYCLES IN ROME

The Sistine Chapel and the Raphael’s Rooms – with visits to the Vatican Museum

FRESCOES RESTORATION

Fresco restoration techniques. With visit on the Scala Santa Sanctuary scaffolding

Parte Prima: The Paintings

PAINTINGS MATERIALS

Pigments, binders, supports e preparations layers for paintings

MAIN PICTORIAL TECHNIQUES

Wall paintings, paintings on wood, paintings on canvas

DETERIORATION FACTORS

Environmental causes and human factor in the deterioration of pictorial works

HISTORY OF RESTORATION

From the painters to the restorer: developing of restoration technique in the time

RESTORATION THEORY

Cesare Brandi’s Teoria del restauro and some of its different applications