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| HAAR0099-1 | Nature and analysis of pictorial materials
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Helena Calvo Del Castillo, Cécile Oger |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| Pigments and colorants have been broadly used in plastic art, but also in a great diversity of daily use objects that become archaeological remains with time. As archaeometry's interest includes both types of objects, a variety of supports are included, like textiles, walls and architecture elements, paper, parchment, wood, and ceramics.
This course focalises on the methodological approach to study pigments: their observation, preparation and physicochemical analyses. A general introduction to the history of pigments, from prehistory to the modern period will be included. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To have a first approach to diversified paintings' research: identification, caracterisation, transformations, experimental, reconstructions,...
To learn the basic methodology for doing research in this field. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| None. A minimum of scientific notions is useful, as well as sense of observation. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Practical experience will be done in order to seize the problematic concerning technological painting techniques and procedures. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| First semester.
Duration : 25 h theory + 5 h workshop.
Field trips might be included (to confirm). |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| FELLER, ROY, WEST 1993 Artists' pigments A Handbook of their History and Characteristics, VOLS. 1, 2, 3, 4. National Gallery of Art Washington, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
GETTENS, RJ, GL STOUT 1972 Painting Materials A short Encyclopedia.
GUINEAU, B. 2005 Glossaire des matériaux de la couleur, Brepols.
HARLEY, R.D. 2001 Artists' pigments c. 1600-1835 A study in English Documentary Sources, Archetype, 2001, London.
PEREGO, F. 2005 Dictionnaire des matériaux du peintre, Belin, Paris.
CARDON, Dominique 1990 Guide des teintures naturelles, Delachaux et Niestle, Neuchatel.
2003 Le monde de teintures naturelles, Belin, Paris. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Final oral exam.
Individual or collective research to be followed by a synthesis and/or a short communication. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Dr. Renata Garcia-Moreno
04366 3639
RG.moreno@ulg.ac.be |
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