Care and Conservation of Oil Paintings

Description

Through knowledge and understanding, students will be able to: • Identify the types of technical schools of the technology of oil painting • Recognise the anatomical structure of the oil paintings • Choose the types of materials and tools which used in oil paintings • Specify the most important terms in restoration and conservation oil paintings • Identify deterioration factors of the components of oil paintings • Explain the manifestations of deterioration of oil paintings • Identify methods of examination and analysis of oil paintings • Choose the methods of restoration and conservation of oil paintings. Through intellectual skills, students will be able to: • Comprehend the various oil painting works • Discern technical schools to which they belong different oil paintings • Comprehend the methods of the most famous artists in oil painting • Discern between collared materials of one colour • Conduct small research studies • Diagnosis of several types of deterioration of oil paintings and interpretation of the mechanism of occurrence • Comprehend suitable methods for restoration and conservation of oil paintings • Discern suitable materials and tools which used in restoration and conservation of oil paintings • Comprehend the conditions of the museum's display and storage of oil paintings • Use library sources effectively Through professional and practical skills, students will be able to: • Work out reproductions of original oil paintings • Write well-researched papers on the artistic style of one oil painting artists • Give a 10-minute presentation on a topic of technic and conservation of oil painting • Apply modern scientific methods in restoration and conservation of oil painting • Use proper techniques in the display and storage of oil paintings • Observe and write down observations to new technique and conservation of oil painting Through general and transferable skills, students will be able to: • Analyse opinions and scientific ideas and link them • Self-learn and collect scientific material using different means • Give correct information on the subject matter • Use computer and modern technological means in communication, access, and search for information. • Plan, organize and manage time • Work with colleagues on a presentation and understand team work dynamics • Create, innovate and work to find alternative solutions to solve problems • Discover the areas around him and encourage learning curiosity

Program

Material Culture Conservation

Objectives

• This course is an introduction the student to the history and the development of oil painting techniques from ancient times to the Modern Period. This course will focus on the study of the types and origins of the various technical schools of conservation, especially those dating back to the Renaissance Period. Furthermore, the course will focus on the most famous techniques of the world's most famous artists, then study the materials and tools which were used in oil painting. This course also introduces the knowledge of the various deterioration factors of oil paintings such as physical, chemical, and biological deterioration factors in addition to the defects of the industry, as well as figuring out the methods of modern examination and analysis of oil paintings. The students will learn how to develop a complete plan for the restoration and conservation of oil paintings starting from the stages of examination and analysis until the museum display and storage taking into consideration requirements of preventive conservation practices used and the upkeep of the materials and tools used in restoration and conservation works.