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Restoration
REGGIO DI CALABRIA
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
EXPECTED RESULTS
Knowledge and understanding; Applying knowledge and understanding; Making judgments; Communication skills; Learning skills.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: To achieve the expected results for the course program and the proposed experimentation, the educational offer articulated in different activities pursues the following objectives: SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: acquisition of knowledge and critical analysis skills of the main theories of restoration, within the geographical, historical, social, religious, and economic context of restoration interventions on monuments and historic centers.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES: ability to integrate the theoretical foundations of restoration with operational experiences in the field within the geographical, historical, social, religious, and economic context of restoration interventions on monuments and historic centers.
Course Prerequisites
Students must have knowledge of the history of architecture in its completeness, in its historical and critical evolution, and of the contemporary landscape.
Teaching Methods
1. TYPE OF TRAINING ACTIVITIES:Lectures: 15Exercises: 15Other: 10 in-depth seminars. STUDENT'S INDEPENDENT WORK- 15 hours in-depth study on bibliography (theoretical part)- 15 hours preparation for assessments (experimentation) with simulation of questions- 10 hours preparation for in-depth thesis
Assessment Methods
Examination procedure: theoretical presentation on the topics covered, also to be carried out with the aid of elaborations of in-depth studies on specific topics in PowerPoint.1- An initial test will be prepared to verify basic knowledge.2- During the week available according to the calendar, tests will be conducted on the program with multiple-choice answers and supplemented by documents on specific topics and/or projects and interventions on monuments and historical centers, in which students, after having researched the restorations carried out, will propose their own intervention.- This exercise will take place through the presentation of PowerPoint and/or analysis and project boards.
Texts
G. Carbonara, Avvicinamento al restauro, Naples 2010 ISBN 88-207-23-12-
G. Carbonara, Trattato di restauro, vol. I-12, Utet, Naples 2006 and following, particularly recommended vol. 1, pp. 3-290; vol 9, pp- 1-50; 211-262;265-333;607-629;639-635.
Reference website; www.icomos.it
Other educational material The instructor will subsequently provide articles and other in-depth educational material such as sector magazines and the web are considered useful consultation tools and, during the lessons, will provide further bibliografy.
Contents
The theoretical foundations of the discipline will be outlined starting from the definition of restoration and conservation, identifying the material and immaterial heritage as the object of protection in its chronological development. The goal is to acquire full mastery of the principles of conservation and restoration by specifically analyzing the themes related to the concept of heritage, monument, and cultural asset in a chronological sense.
The course themes will lead students to identify the need to preserve ancient and modern heritage, whether material or immaterial, recognizing its historical and artistic peculiarities. The discipline will address topics related to the following themes:Introduction to the theory of restoration. Relationships with other disciplines. Terminological issues between restoration and conservation and their adjectives.
Meaning and role of the monument in pre-modern tradition. The Middle Ages: continuity, detachment, knowledge of the ancient. Renaissance and restoration of antiquity in the sixteenth century: the attitude towards the Middle Ages. Religious renewal and attention to Christian antiquities in the late sixteenth century. Developments in the Baroque era. The birth of modern restoration: the eighteenth century. Restoration in painting and sculpture: patina, authenticity, and reversibility; the figure of the restorer and the role of scholars: L. Crespi; B. Cavaceppi and J.J. Winckelmann; P. Edwards in Venice. Restoration, archaeology, neoclassicism: experiences on ancient monuments in Rome and Italy in the early nineteenth century. Legislation and organization of protection in pre-unification Italian states. Protection and conservation in France. The museum of A. Lenoir. The positions of A.-Ch. Quatrémerè de Quincy. The "empirical" phase of restoration. The activity of the Commission des Monuments Historiques and the formation of the principles of stylistic restoration. E.E. Viollet-le-Duc. Theoretical production: the Dictionnaire. The main restoration interventions: the Madeleine in Vézelay; Notre-Dame in Paris; the city of Carcassonne; the castle of Pierrefond. Aesthetic and literary directions in eighteenth-century England: the garden and the ruin. The impact on restoration: J. Wyatt. Ethical foundations in the revaluation of the past: A.W. Pugin. The thought of John Ruskin and its European diffusion. Restoration and revival in nineteenth-century England: G.G. Scott. W. Morris and the work of the Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings (S.P.AAB). Pure conservation; Alois Riegl, Max Dvorak. Restoration and architectural debate in Italy in the mid-nineteenth century. Theoretical principles, achievements, and influence on the national debate: Camillo Boito, principles of historical restoration, restorations. Conservation and restoration in Italy in the late nineteenth century. The relationship between history and restoration in Luca Beltrami: works such as the Sforzesco Castle; the bell tower of San Marco; Knowledge and reinvention of the past: A. D’Andrade and A. Rubbiani.
Opening to the theme of the city: C. Sitte, Ch. Buls. G. Giovannoni. Old cities and new buildings. The historiographic method; theoretical positions on restoration and urban restoration; The Venice Charter.
The post-war period and the problem of reconstruction. Restoration as a critical act: Pica, Roberto Pane, Renato Bonelli. Organization of the national protection service. Restoration charters and laws on restoration and conservation. The thought of Cesare Brandi: premises, conceptual articulations, application outcomes. Current relevance of Alois Riegl's contribution to restoration and conservation. The debate from 1970-2000: pure conservation and attention to material culture; integrated conservation. Restoration of modern architecture. Theory and practice of restoration today: the theme of authenticity; contemporary architecture and intervention on past works; restoration of twentieth-century architecture. New roles of conservation: from aesthetics to modern age. Restoration as an integral project of contemporary architecture.
More information
During the course, in-depth seminars on specific topics and guided exercises will be held, consisting of in-depth bibliographic research and critical reviews of the restorations carried out.