C5985B Conservation of subjects made from organic materials I/B - course

Faculty of Science
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Žaneta Kubingerová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Modráčková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Gabriela Vyskočilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Světlana Filípková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Gabriela Vyskočilová, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Supplier department: Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 19. 2. to Sun 26. 5. Wed 10:00–13:50 C12/214
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of chemistry and conservation of artifacts made of organic materials, especially paper, textile, and collagenic materials.
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
The practical laboratory exercise focuses on the basic principles, procedures, and methods used to conserve and restore objects made from organic materials (paper, and collagenic materials). It includes the fundamentals of production and technology and professional terminology. It is focused on technological surveys of objects and analyses of materials, which are the basis for the choice of subsequent procedures for conservation and restoration interventions. The basics of practical conservation are excluded.
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 (collagenic materials, paper, textile)
2) ways of their damage and degradation
3) possibilities of their research
4) methods 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: Material research of collagen materials - determination of the type of material, degradation degree, production procedures
  • 8: Conservation and restoration of objects made of collagen materials - leather, parchment,
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Skripta PřF pro předměty C5980, C5985 a C8910
  • 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
    not specified
  • Conservation of leather and related materials. Edited by Marion Kite - Roy Thomson. First edition. London: Routledge, 2011, xxii, 340. ISBN 9780750648813. info
  • ĎUROVIČ, Michal. Restaurování a konzervování archiválií a knih. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Paseka, 2002, 517 s. ISBN 8071853836. info
  • BLAŽEJ, Anton and Antonín GALATÍK. Technologie kůže a kožešin. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1984, 451 s. info
  • BLAŽEJ, Anton. Tenzidy. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Alfa, vydavateľstvo technickej a ekonomickej literatúry, 1977, 481 s. info
Teaching methods
laboratory practice
Assessment methods
credit - submission of conservation reports
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 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
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