C5985 Conservation of subjects made from organic materials I - course

Faculty of Science
spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/6/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mgr. Bc. Radka Kopecká, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
ak. mal. Zdenka Kuželová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Modráčková (seminar tutor)
Ing. Magda Součková (seminar tutor)
Světlana Filípková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Bc. Radka Kopecká, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Supplier department: Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Wed 10:00–15:50 C12/214
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of chemistry and conservation of artefacts made of organic materials, especially paper, textile and leather (course C5980).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Practical laboratory course specialized on survey and conservation treatment of objects made from paper, leather, wood, and textile. In the course, students will be acquainted with those organic materials that are used in the production of cultural heritage objects, with properties of materials, possibilities of damaging. They get up simple analytical proofs and determinations, conservation approaches to treatment of objects.
Learning outcomes
Passing the course students will gain knowledge and practical skills of cultural heritage artefacts made of organic materials in the view of:
1) features and chemistry of the materials (leather, paper, wood)
2) ways of their damage and degradation
3) method of their protection and conservation/restoration
Syllabus
  • PAPER
  • 1. Drying of wet-and-frost paper material by microwave lyophilization.
  • 2. Vacuum impregnation.
  • 3. Paper as an object of conservation and restoration investigation.
  • 4. Determination of alcalic reserve, measuring pH and deacidification of paper.
  • 5. Removing of visible damaging of paper I.
  • 6. Removing of visible damaging of paper II.
  • LEATHER
  • 7. Practical application of conservation procedures in the course of leather treatment I.
  • 8. Practical application of conservation procedures in the course of leather treatment II.
  • WOOD
  • 9. Macroscopic determination of wood samples I.
  • 10. Macroscopic determination of wood samples II.
  • TEXTILE
  • 11. Textile as s object of investigation, documentation, survey and sampling.
  • 12. Textile material, its treatment, damaging, pollution.
  • 13. Determination of dye on textile plant fibres.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Skripta PřF pro předměty C5980, C5985 a C8910
    not specified
  • NIKITIN, Michail Kapitonovič and Jelena Petrovna MEL'NIKOVA. Chemie v konzervátorské a restaurátorské praxi. Translated by Jiří Příhoda. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 231 s. ISBN 8021030623. info
Teaching methods
laboratory practice
Assessment methods
graded course-unit credit (submission of conservation reports, final test)
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2018, recent)
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