Department of Applied Arts and Design

Five Year Restoration course

PFP1
PFP5
Other departments

PFP2 Course: Objects painted on wooden and textile supports. Wooden furnishings and structures. Crafted, assembled and/or painted products in synthetic materials.

The Five year study programmes in Restoration leads to the student obtaining a second level Academic Diploma qualifying for the profession of Cultural Heritage conservator.

The course is currently represented by the training profile PFP2- Objects painted on wooden and textile supports. Wood carved objects. Wooden furnishings and structures. Crafted assembled and/or painted products in synthetic materials.

FOCUS SUBJECTS STUDIED ADMISSION WRITTEN TEST MODE RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

The study plan includes a number of common  historical-artistic courses as well as technical-scientific ones, together with specific laboratory and workshop courses relating to the three professional profiles. This ensures the student a thorough preparation in order to achieve the skills necessary to take the final qualifying exam.

Core disciplines

Basics of Chemistry applied to Restoration | History of Ancient Art | Basics of Physics applied to restoration | Natural and Cultural Heritage | Drawing for restoration | Photography for Cultural heritage |Techniques of painting on wooden and textile supports | Basic IT skills | History of Medieval Art | History and Theory of restoration 1 | Restoration of  painted objects using wooden supports 1 | Cultural heritage legislation | Design and evaluation of Cultural Heritage | Basics of Biology applied to Restoration | Gilding techniques | Techniques of wood carving | Techniques of processing textile materials | IT for restoration | Digital modeling techniques | History of Modern Art | Technologies of materials for Restoration | Restoration of wood carved objects | Restoration of  crafted objects in synthetic materials,  assembled and /or painted  1 | Restoration of objects painted using wooden support 1 | History of contemporary art | Building site health and safety legislation | History of applied arts | Industrial chemistry | Techniques and materials of contemporary arts | English for communication Arts 1 | Diagnostics 1 | Conservation issues of contemporary art | Restoration of paintings on textile supports 2 | Restoration of objects in synthetic materials, crafted, assembled and/or painted 2 | Restoration of furniture and wooden structures | Museology | Methods for handling works of art | English for communication Arts 2 | Diagnostics 2 | Restoration of contemporary wall paintings | History of artistic techniques

Every year the School takes in 10 students for each academic specialization after passing the admission tests. The test include a graphic design test, common to all profiles, a profile-specific aptitude test and a general knowledge test. For specific information on admissions please contact the Student Administration Office.

The multiple choice theoretical test includes a common section of general culture concerning art history, natural sciences (chemistry, biology, physics, earth sciences) and English language, and a specific section for each profile chosen. To pass this test, we recommend consulting the suggested bibliography (Annex 1).

The drawing test, as with all profiles, consists in the graphic transposition of an artistic artefact, or part of it, conducted by means of a photographic reproduction. The drawing must be done with a black graphite pencil, in linear stroke and without chiaroscuro, in a reproduction in scale (to be established) with respect to the format of the photograph (Annex 2).

The aptitude test of color, specific for PFP2, consists in the reproduction in tempera, on a 1:1 scale, on a pinstripe support, of a polychrome sampling of geometric shape, supplied in photographic copy to each candidate.

The test is multiple choice, divided into two sections:

1. SECTION COMMON TO ALL THREE EDUCATIONAL PROFILES = 40 QUESTIONS

  • General Art History: 20 questions
  • Nature sciences (chemistry, biology, physics): 10 questions
  • Questions in English: 10 questions

2. SPECIFIC SECTION FOR EACH TRAINING PROFILE CHOSEN = 20 QUESTIONS

  • 20 specific questions relating to the PFP1 sector
  • 20 specific questions relating to the PFP2 sector
  • 20 specific questions relating to the PFP5 sector

GENERAL ART HISTORY / RESTORATION THEORY

  • Bertelli Carlo, Briganti Giuliano, Giuliano Antonio, Storia dell’Arte italiana per le scuole superiori,  Mondadori Bruno Scolastica (o analogo manuale di scuola superiore)
  • Appunti per un Manuale di Storia e di Teoria del Restauro. Dispense per gli Studenti Collana Storia e Teoria del Restauro, di Marco Ciatti, 2009, Edifir

 

EARTH SCIENCE

  • Atkins, Jones, Fondamenti di chimica generale, Zanichelli Editore
  • Matteini, Moles, La chimica nel restauro, Nardini editore
  • AA. VV. Chimica per l’Arte, Feltrinelli, Milano
  • G. Caneva, M.P. Nugari, O. Salvatori (a cura di), La biologia vegetale per i Beni Culturali, vol.I, Nardini editore, Firenze 2005

 

PROFILE PFP1

  • AA.VV. Restauro del marmo: opere e problemi, Quaderni dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Opus Libri, 1986
  • AA.VV., Materiali lapidei, Bollettino d’Arte supplemento al n. 41 (1987)
  • AA.VV., I colori del bianco. Policromia nella scultura antica, De Luca Editori d’Arte, Roma, 2004
  • L. Borgioli, Polimeri di sintesi per la conservazione della pietra, Il Prato, Padova 2002
  • G. Caneva, M.P. Nugari, O. Salvatori (a cura di), La biologia vegetale per i Beni Culturali, vol.I, Nardidi editore, Firenze 2005

 

 

PROFILE PFP2

  • F.Frezzato (a cura di), Cennino Cennini - Il libro dell'arte, Neri Pozza 2009
  • Corrado Maltese (a cura di), Materiali per la pittura. Preparazione e finitura delle opere pittoriche. Materiali e metodi. Preparazione e imprimiture, leganti, vernici, cornici, Mursia, Milano 1993
  • Daphne De Luca, I manufatti dipinti su supporto tessile. Vademecum per allievi restauratori, Il Prato 2015
  • AA. VV, Painted Wood: History and conservation, Getty Conservation Institute, 1994
  • Giuseppina Perusini, Il restauro dei dipinti e delle sculture lignee. Storia, teorie e tecniche, Del Bianco editore, 2004

 

 

PROFILE PFP5

  • Corrado Maltese, Le tecniche artistiche, Ed. Mursia 1973-1987 (da approfondire i seguenti argomenti: Disegni, Le prime manifestazioni grafiche. Il disegno su pergamena e su carta, Il pastello, Incisione e Stampa, Caratteri generali, La Xilografia e la Linografia, L’incisione su rame, L’incisione diretta e l’incisione indiretta della lastra metallica, la Litografia)
  • Lorenzo Baldacchini, Il libro antico, 2 ed. Carocci, Roma 2001 (cenni sulla storia del libro e della stampa)
  • Enrico Pedemonte (a cura di), La carta. Storia, produzione, degrado e restauro, Marsilio 2008 (capitoli relativi alla storia e alla fabbricazione della carta)
  • Carla Casetti Brach (a cura di), Gli itinerari della carta. Dall’oriente all’occidente: produzione e conservazione, Gangemi Editore, Roma 2010
  • S. Berselli, L. Gasparini, L'archivio fotografico. Manuale per la conservazione e la gestione della fotografia antica e moderna, Zanichelli 2000 (con particolare riferimento ai capitoli 3,4,5,6,7,9,10)

 

Future Employment Prospects

  • Institutions of the Ministry of Cultural heritage and Activities Responsible for protecting Cultural Heritage (supervisory bodies, museums, archaeological sites, monumental buildings etc)
  • Public and private research Institutions operating in the field of conservation and restoration of cultural heritage
  • Laboratories, companies and professional organizations in the sector

Study plan

PFP2

A.Y. 2023/2024

Allegati

Bibliografia consigliata