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Academic year 2011/2012
Master's Degree (MSc) on CULTURAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION
TEXTILE AND LEATHER MATERIALS AND ARTEFACTS

Coordinator Prof. Giuseppe Lazzara
Class of Master's Degree (MSc) on Conservation and restoration of the cultural heritage (qualifying for the profession, as per Law by Decree N. 42/2004) (LMR/02)
5 years

Number of seats in local planning: 20
Course Code
2187

Course info
The single cycle degree course in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Restoration is held in collaboration with the Regional Department for Cultural Heritage and Identity of Sicily, through the Regional Centre for Design and Restoration. It is designed to train graduates, providing them with profile corresponding to the professional qualification of Restorer of Cultural Heritage, in accordance to the art. 29 of Legislative Decree 42/ 04 and subsequent amendments in all six ministerial specialisations. The educational objective is, therefore, to train, in the six curricula, graduates able to work with operational and decision-making autonomy to identify the state of conservation of artefacts, to implement preventive, maintenance and restoration measures, limiting the degradation process of the constituent materials and ensuring their preservation contextualizing the artistic and cultural value of the works. The training is based on humanistic, scientific and technical subjects and involves the study of artistic techniques in their historical context, of the materials and methods for their knowledge and conservation, and for the control and prevention of the degradation processes. The following criteria underlie the educational programme: - to give, to the necessary scientific and historical-artistic subjects, an appropriate number of credits; - to provide enough time to for practical restoration activities, through workshops and practical training in educational yards; - To limit the number of examinations to the extent permitted by the deep integrated interdisciplinary nature of the degree program, the integrate courses guarantee methodological and cultural consistency.
Conservator-restorer Graduates may carry out the functions of cultural heritage restorers, with decision-making autonomy limited to their technical competences, in direct and indirect actions aiming at limiting the degradation processes of goods and at enduring their conservation. They will be responsible of the care of their working environment and equipment, of the preparation of the materials needed for the interventions and of the definition of the correct diagnostic process. Professional opportunities: - Institutions of the Ministry of Artistic and Cultural Heritage for the defence of Cultural Heritage (superintendence, museums, libraries, archives, etc.) - Companies and professional organisations in the field of diagnostics, conservation and restoration of cultural heritage
The final examination consists of two parts: the first one is a practical laboratory test, while the second, theoretical-methodological part consists of the discussion of a written paper related to a conservation plan chosen during the practice period and developed independently. Candidates who don not pass the first part of the final examination, might repeat it during the following session.

course outline
Teachings first year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
01900 - GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY PELLERITO (RU) 6.0 1 V A CHIM/03
04677 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE 4.0 1 G E
16589 - RESTORATION THEORY. HISTORY AND DESIGN CANGELOSI (RU) 12.0 1 V
THEORY. HISTORY AND DESIGN OF REAL ESTATE RESTORATION 6.0 B ICAR/19
THEORY. HISTORY AND DESIGN OF MOVABLE ASSETS RESTORATION 6.0 B L-ART/04
16591 - GRAPHIC DESIGN AND DOCUMENTATION 6.0 1 V A ICAR/17
16592 - ELEMENTS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND REGULATIONS 6.0 1 V B M-STO/08
16650 - LABORATORY 1 - TEXTILE AND LEATHER MATERIALS AND ARTEFACTS 20.0 1 V F
01933 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 6.0 2 V A CHIM/06
03245 - PHYSICS 6.0 2 V A FIS/07
Teachings second year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
01844 - CHEMISTRY OF RESTORATION - INTEGRATED COURSE MILIOTO (PO) 12.0 1 V
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY MILIOTO (PO) 6.0 B CHIM/02
CHEMISTRY OF RESTORATION ORECCHIO (PA) 6.0 A CHIM/12
16593 - PLANT BIOLOGY FOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE ALAIMO (RU) 6.0 1 V A BIO/03
16594 - CLASSICAL, CHRISTIAN AND MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY 12.0 1 V
CHRISTIAN AND MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY 6.0 A L-ANT/08
CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY 6.0 A L-ANT/07
16595 - GEOMATERIALS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE MONTANA (PA) 6.0 1 V B GEO/09
16651 - LABORATORY 2 - TEXTILE AND LEATHER MATERIALS AND ARTEFACTS 20.0 1 V F
03324 - ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL PHYSICS 6.0 2 V B ING-IND/11
Teachings third year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
06791 - HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 6.0 1 V B ICAR/18
07068 - MEDIEVAL HISTORY 6.0 1 V A M-STO/01
16598 - CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES CAPONETTI (PO) 6.0 1 V B CHIM/02
16604 - HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN ART 12.0 1 V
HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART 6.0 A L-ART/01
HISTORY OF MODERN ART 6.0 A L-ART/02
16652 - LABORATORY 3 - TEXTILE AND LEATHER MATERIALS AND ARTEFACTS 20.0 1 V F
06328 - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF MATERIALS 12.0 2 V
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF MATERIALS 6.0 B ING-IND/22
MATERIAL ANALYSIS - WORKSHOP 6.0 B ING-IND/22
Teachings fourth year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
04354 - CULTURAL HERITAGE REGULATIONS 6.0 1 V B IUS/10
05304 - MUSEOLOGY 6.0 1 V A L-ART/04
10239 - NEW MATERIALS FOR RESTORATION LAZZARA (PO) 6.0 1 V B CHIM/12
16599 - BIOTECHNOLOGIES AND ENTOMOLOGY FOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE PALLA (PA) 9.0 1 V
APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY FOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE MANACHINI (PA) 3.0 C AGR/11
APPLIED MOLECULAR BIOLOGY FOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE PALLA (PA) 6.0 C BIO/11
16654 - LABORATORY 4 - TEXTILE AND LEATHER MATERIALS AND ARTEFACTS 20.0 1 V F
06813 - HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ART 6.0 2 V B L-ART/03
Teachings fifth year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
15422 - CHEMISTRY OF PIGMENTS AND NATURAL SUBSTANCES BRUNO (PO) 6.0 1 V C CHIM/06
16600 - HISTORICAL-ARTISTIC RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AUF DER HEYDE (PA) 6.0 1 V C L-ART/04
16601 - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT COGLITORE (PC) 6.0 1 V B ING-IND/35
16653 - LABORATORY 5 - TEXTILE AND LEATHER MATERIALS AND ARTEFACTS 20.0 1 V F
05917 - FINAL EXAMINATION 10.0 2 G E
Free subjects 9.0 D
Explaination
Term Term/Semester
Val. Valutation: V = mark in 30/30, G = note
(*) Teaching attended in english
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