Knowledge of the history of the maintenance, conservation and preservation of movable and immovable artistic heritage from the 18th to the 21st century, as distinct actions from the punctual restoration intervention on the individual artistic object, with reference to both territorial contexts and confined environments (e.g. museums or private collections); knowledge of the relevant laws, both historical and current; basic methodological skills for the elaboration of research and valorisation projects on cultural heritage and landscape, with reference to the history of maintenance and conservation, within the current legal framework.
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Through the analysis of historical sources, the first part of the course aims to clarify, from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, the transitions from the culture of ordinary maintenance - both at the territorial level and in the care of movable works in public or private collections - up to 'planned conservation' and the more recent reflections and discussions on its actualisation.
Moving from the theoretical level to the results of applied research, the second part of the course delves into the problems and perspectives that characterise the experiences of conservation, planned conservation and maintenance in the 20th and 21st centuries, up to considering the prospects and effects of the application of Law 133/2020 (ratification in Italy of the Faro Convention).
Meetings with professionals and experts, together with participation in a study 'site', in which basic research is linked to applied research, complete the training course.
• S. Cecchini, Trasmettere al futuro. Tutela, manutenzione, conservazione programmata, Gengemi, Roma 2012.
• Le reti museali. Una rilettura storico-critica, in Valter Curzi, a cura di, Museo e territorio (1972-2000), pp. 247-296.
• G. Urbani, Il restauro e la storia dell’arte; Problemi di conservazione; Dal restauro alla manutenzione, in Intorno al restauro, a cura di Bruno Zanardi, Skira, Milano 2000, pp. 15-18, 25-29, 31-35.
Programme
Beginning with the debate that has become more heated since the beginning of the 21st century, and in recent years, on the need to rethink the system of conservation and management of cultural heritage, the course starts from considerations that arise from knowledge of the history of restoration (see characterising course History and theories of conservation and restoration). It therefore traces in a diachronic manner cultural passages that, from the 18th century to the present day, have determined the history of the conservation and maintenance of 'cultural heritage', which means the history of a methodological approach centred on distinct actions with respect to the punctual restoration intervention on the individual object.Through the analysis of historical sources, the first part of the course aims to clarify, from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, the transitions from the culture of ordinary maintenance - both at the territorial level and in the care of movable works in public or private collections - up to 'planned conservation' and the more recent reflections and discussions on its actualisation.
Moving from the theoretical level to the results of applied research, the second part of the course delves into the problems and perspectives that characterise the experiences of conservation, planned conservation and maintenance in the 20th and 21st centuries, up to considering the prospects and effects of the application of Law 133/2020 (ratification in Italy of the Faro Convention).
Meetings with professionals and experts, together with participation in a study 'site', in which basic research is linked to applied research, complete the training course.
Core Documentation
• B. Zanardi, Introduzione. Le attività di tutela dopo il 1963, in Bruno Zanardi, Conservazione, restauro e tutela. 24 dialoghi, Skira, Milano 1999, pp. 9-52.• S. Cecchini, Trasmettere al futuro. Tutela, manutenzione, conservazione programmata, Gengemi, Roma 2012.
• Le reti museali. Una rilettura storico-critica, in Valter Curzi, a cura di, Museo e territorio (1972-2000), pp. 247-296.
• G. Urbani, Il restauro e la storia dell’arte; Problemi di conservazione; Dal restauro alla manutenzione, in Intorno al restauro, a cura di Bruno Zanardi, Skira, Milano 2000, pp. 15-18, 25-29, 31-35.
Attendance
Attendance is strongly recommended. It is possible to attend classes in presence, or remotely in the case of workers students authorized by the University. Excursions are included. Non-attending students should integrate the program as indicated in the Texts section.Type of evaluation
The student will have to demonstrate, through an oral interview, that he/she has understood the topics covered in the course and has critically studied the bibliography, that he/she has acquired the knowledge and methodological skills indicated in the course objectives and that he/she has language skills and knowledge of specific terminology. Students may choose to supplement/substitute a part of the programme by writing an in-depth dissertation on topics dealt with during the course.