PRINCIPLES AND THEORY OF CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION

Specific Foundation

Upon successful completion of the course, students will: • become familiar with the concepts and terminology related to the protection of cultural monuments • acquire a theoretical background of knowledge necessary for solving conservation and restoration problems • understand (and interpret) the current ethics of conservation and restoration through a diachronic observation of the way in which cultural monuments have been treated from antiquity to the present day • focus on the ideological aspects, analysing the changing practice of conservation in history (why, what, how and for whom?) • acquire the necessary skills to be able, as future conservation scientists, based on a framework of general principles, international norms, a widely accepted ethics and an interdisciplinary collaboration, to put on a proper theoretical basis their proposals for solving the problems of conservation and restoration of cultural monuments

The purpose of the course is for the student: a) to become familiar with the concepts related to the protection of cultural monuments, b) to acquire a theoretical background of knowledge necessary for solving conservation and restoration problems, c) through a longitudinal monitoring of how cultural monuments are treated from antiquity to the present day, to understand and interpret today's ethical protection, conservation and restoration, to focus on ideological aspects, analyzing the changing practice of conservation at every moment of history. Why, what, how and for whom? The aim of the course is for the student to acquire the necessary skills to be able, as a future restorer, based on a framework of general principles, international rules, a widely accepted ethics and an interdisciplinary cooperation, to put on a correct theoretical basis his proposals for solving the problems of conservation and restoration of cultural monuments. The following subjects will be developed in the course: Historical Perspective The treatment of the work of art and the monument from antiquity to the Baroque era The continuity and relationship between the present and the past The Industrial Revolution, Illuminism, Classicism, Romanticism, Eclecticism and their Relationship to Monuments. Winchelmann, the Philhellenic movement and the acquisition of a new historical consciousness as a prerequisite for the restoration of monuments The restoration between experience and theory The stylistic (Viollet-le-Duc), the romantic (Ruskin) and the historical (Beltrami) restoration. Philological and scientific restoration The Map of Athens and the restoration in the interwar period. World War II, its consequences on monuments and the crisis of Scientific restoration Theory-Principles, Ideology of Conservation and Restorationς Analysis of concepts, terminology (Greek and international): cultural object, monument – work of art, conservation, restoration, restoration, reconstruction, restoration of original form, renovation, reuse, creative restoration, sanitization, revival, continuous conservation. Historical-critical foundation of the restoration The critical restoration (G. Argan, A. Pica, R. Pane, R. Bonelli. Restoration as a "method of criticism" and creative action" The theory of C. Brandi: the material of the work of art, the potential unity, the time of the work of art, the restoration according to the aesthetic and historical values of the work of art, the patina, the space of the work of art, the principles for the restoration of architectural monuments Addressing the lacuna gap in artwork and architecture The map of Venice Monument and environment-restoration of historical centers. Amsterdam Declaration. Modern trends in restoration Modern problems and practices in conservation-restoration From heritage conservation to valorisation Lectures: Dimitrios Zygomalas Anastasia Kapandriti

restoration, restoration, reconstruction, revival, comprehensive conservation, preservation, cultural asset, cultural heritage, monument, lacuna, ruin aesthetic value, historic center, historic site, historicity

28-12-2024