Grading is based on the oral and written reports as well as class participation. Course required for Art History graduate students. Conservation issues related to permanent and temporary exhibitions, storage, examination, treatments, and agents of deterioration will be covered. The conservation and preservation of objects such as wood, textiles, works of art on paper, paintings, metals, stone and composite objects will be presented. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of how an object is handled once it becomes part of a museum collection.
Course includes lectures, slide presentations, lab sessions and field trips to other museums.
Class presentation on conservation-related topic required. Emphasizing a hands-on approach, the course is structured around a group project which is designed to let students explore the potential of the computer, not merely as a drafting and presentation instrument but as an active analytical and design aid. We will then investigate the creative use of the orders, especially their combination, by examining key Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic monuments of different configurations and from different regions. Our goal will be to determine the extent to which the invention and development of Greek architectural orders was a highly protean process, and the extent to which we can discern guiding theoretical principles underlying individual variations. Students are expected to read for each seminar and actively participate in discussion.