Unit CULTURAL HERITAGE CHEMISTRY
- Course
- Chemistry
- Study-unit Code
- 35008003
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Aldo Romani
- Teachers
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- Aldo Romani
- Hours
- 42 ore - Aldo Romani
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- CHIM/12
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course provides an introduction to chemical and physical properties
of the main materials used on artworks production and to diagnostic
methods for chemical characterization. - Reference texts
- “Chimica per l’Arte” di Autori Vari, Editore Zanichelli
- Educational objectives
- Students taking the course learn: basic notions on chemical-physical
characteristics of materials historically used for artworks production, on
some of their main degradation processes and on the analytical
techniques used for dating and diagnostics. Based on this knowledge
they will be able to: define what may be the most suitable techniques for
the materials’ characterization of an object belonging to the historicartistic
heritage and suggest a suitable monitoring protocol for a
preservation and/or restoration campaign - Prerequisites
- For the full understanding of the topics discussed, knowledge of atomic
spectroscopy acquired in the Physical Chemistry 1 course are very useful - Teaching methods
- The course is organized with lectures on all subjects of the program. In
the final part of the course, some practicals on the artworks’ not invasive
diagnostic will be performed in classroom. - Other information
- N.N.
- Learning verification modality
- The exam consists of an oral test of sufficient duration to ascertain the
level of knowledge and understanding acquired by the student on the
contents of the program - Extended program
- Materials used to obtain objects of historical artistic interest, their
chemistry, most common degradation processes, intervention methods
for conservation and restoration: Painted supports Stony materials
Ceramics Glasses Metals Wood, paper and fabrics Cultural Heritage
diagnostic: investigation and monitoring methods, not invasive multitechniques
approach, sampling and destructive methods. Outline of
Archaeometry