| CODE | BLH4009 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Development of Practical and Manual Skills | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Conservation and Built Heritage | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit consists entirely of supervised, laboratory-based practical sessions. Students will primarily work individually but they will also be engaged in group exercises. A series of preparatory workshops will help the lecturer understand the students' aptitudes and identify possible areas needing more attention. Workshops will include the following: - development of observation skills; - drawing exercises; - modelling exercises; - using tools and recognizing toolmarks on architectural surfaces. These will be followed by a fully integrated exercise engaging with the entire process required to manufacture a replica of a cultural heritage object and/or a sample of decorative surfaces. Students will document their practical work in a journal. Study-unit Aims: The aims are: - to train the students to work manually and improve their manual skills and dexterity; - to introduce the students to some of the traditional materials and methods used to create historic artefacts and/or decorative surface within their chosen area of M.Sc. study; - to train the students to examine a historic artefact and/or decorative surfaces as the product of a sequence of actions and tool use, and to describe such an artifact using the correct terminology. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - describe materials and methods used to create a selection of historical artefacts and/or decorative surfaces using appropriate terminology; - recognise the different techniques used in the production of a selection of historical artefacts and/or decorative surfaces through first-hand examination. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - use a range of traditional tools with the correct techniques; - experience the use of traditional tools and techniques to produce replicas of a selection of historical artefacts and/or decorative surfaces; - examine a historic artefact and/or decorative surfaces and describe the processes through which it/they were created; - record his/her practical work through a journal. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: Cennino Cennini, The Craftsman's Handbook, translated by Daniel V. Thompson, Jr. Dover. New York, 1963. Rich, Jack, The Materials and Methods of Sculpture. Dover. New York, 1988. Vasari On Technique, translated by L.C. Maclehose. Dover. New York, 1960. Vitruvius, The Ten Books of Architecture, translated by M.H. Morgan. Dover. New York, 1960. Supplementary Reading: Rockwell, Peter, The Art of Stoneworking: a reference guide. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 1995. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical | ||||||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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