Professional Field Experience:Traditional Painting Materials, Methods, &Restoration Issues.

Catalog description

PR: Corequisite of ARHS 458 and ARHS 459 . This course gives an in-depth understanding of traditional painting materials and techniques commonly used in Italy during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Since this course is aimed primarily at people planning to study art conservation, the course also explores factors that hasten deterioration of the materials and the different approaches to their conservation and restoration.