Letter grading. 4Seminar, three hours. Designed for graduate conservation students. Introduction to deterioration and conservation of metallic artifacts, composite objects containing metals, and stone objects. Deterioration and Conservation of Organic Materials II. Ancient Building Materials and Sites Technology and Characterization. How conservators work together with curators, collections managers, mount makers, designers, and registrars to permit collections to be both accessed and preserved.
Letter grading. 4Seminar, one hour laboratory, two hours. How to recognize characteristic deterioration problems found in organic materials from archaeological and ethnographic conservation, who address contemporary issues in conservation of cultural materials. Individual guided studies that include conservation research andor surveys or treatment projects carried out at Villa laboratories or at local collection or analytical facility. Photographic and Graphic Documentation for Conservation. Designed for graduate conservation students. Total, partial, and selective cleaning of materials.
Cultural resource management, development of policies and legislations, international charters, and conventions by national and international agencies to reflect and protect these values. 4Seminar, two hours laboratory, one hour. Letter grading.. Letter grading. 4Seminar, two hours. Discussion of physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of these building materials and their use in traditional constructions and monumental in context of their geographical and chronological occurrences and ancient technological developments. 4Seminar, one hour laboratory, two hours. Techniques and methods include multispectral imaging, Xray radiography, rectified photography, photogrammetry, laser scanning, and computer graphic documentation such as AutoCAD and GIS.
Designed for graduate conservation students.
4Seminar, two hours laboratory, one hour. Contemporary Development in Conservation. Deterioration and Conservation of Inorganic Materials I Ceramics and Glass. Ancient Building Materials and Sites Technology and Characterization. Letter grading. Individual guided studies that include conservation research andor surveys or treatment projects carried out at Villa laboratories or at local collection or analytical facility. Letter grading. Letter grading. Discussion of environmental parameters affecting survival of ceramics, types of decay processes that glass is subject to, and nature of frits and faience deterioration.
Evaluation of use of conservation materials and methods. Students learn different models for tribal museums and cultural centers, and importance of material selection and properties in baskets they are treating. Letter grading. 4Lecture, two hours activity, two hours. Thesis Preparation. Principles of Preventive Conservation Designed for graduate conservation students.