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Conservation and restoration of art works
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General Description: Objective(s) of a study programme: The aim of the study programme of Conservation and Restoration of Art Works - is to train specialists in restoration of art works, who are able to conserve and restore by selecting and directly applying various measures that ensure the preservation of cultural heritage and its accessibility to present and future generations; and perform all actions aimed at facilitating the comprehension of heritage objects, their acknowledgement and usage by preserving authentic materials. Learning outcomes: 1. Knowledge of the national and international heritage protection legislation and being able to apply it in the process of conservation and restoration of cultural valuables. 2. Ability to define the material, technique and state of movable cultural valuables using necessary physical, biological and chemical tests. 3. Being able to prepare relevant information to assess the authenticity as well as the historical, artistic, scientific value of the movable cultural valuables to be restored. 4. Being able to assess the environment for the storage and display of movable cultural valuables and develop a maintenance plan. 5. Being able to prepare movable cultural valuables for transportation, display and prepare documents for archiving. 6. Being able to develop a programme for the conservation of movable cultural valuables. 7. Being able disinfect / disinsect movable cultural
valuables. 8. Being able to consolidate the material structure and/or design of the cultural valuables to be conserved. 9. Being able to perform the cleaning of the cultural valuables conserved. 10. Being able to stabilize the material decomposition processes of the cultural valuables conserved. 11. Being able to develop a programme of the restoration of movable cultural valuables. 12. Being able to remove the consequences of previous low-quality restoration and unjustified changes made to the cultural valuables restored. 13. Being able to reconstruct the fragments of the cultural valuables that were destroyed. 14. Being able to prepare the description of the state of movable cultural valuables and illustrative materials. 15. Being able to prepare the documentation for the conservation and restoration of movable cultural valuables. 16. Ability to communicate in foreign and Lithuanian professional language. 17. Being able to visualise and present the results of personal performance using information technologies. 18. Mastery of the principles of management; ability to make decisions and plan personal performance; knowledge of the requirements of human safety and being able to apply them in professional activities. 19. Perception of the importance of continuous personal development and being able to independently and methodically improve cognitive competencies. Activities of teaching and learning: Lectures, presentations, discussions, seminars, demonstrations, practical assignments, group work, literature study, project preparation, etc. Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Learning achievements are assessed using accumulative assessment system. Knowledge and skills are assessed by ten grades scale. The final score may consist of several components, collected in the study process (interim reports, self-study papers, examination or project). Study subject teacher determines accumulative assessment of the subject components and their values of the coefficients depending on the complexity of the subject. Study subject teacher determines and informs the students at the beginning of the term about the impact (percent) of each component (task, work) for final assessment and formulates assessment criteria for each intermediate assignment. Framework: Study subjects (modules), practical training: Volume of general subjects of collegial studies consists of 15 credits: Philosophy, Foreign Language 1 (English) Level I / Foreign Language 1 (English) Level II, Foreign Language 2 (English) Level I / Foreign Language 2 (English) Level II, Oral and Written Communication, Business Creation and Development.
Volume of subjects of the basic study field consists of 135 credits: Applied Computer Software, Photo Documentation, Painting 1, Heritage, Basics of Painting, Basics of Drawing, Basics of Conservation and Restoration, Basics of Fixing, Ethnic Culture and History of Lithuanian Art, Conservation and Restoration Works, Basics of Composition, Drawing 1, Painting 2, General and Applied Art History, Drawing 2, Materials Science, Restoration of Upholstered Furniture 1, Painting restoration technologies, Painting 3, Basics of Restoration Chemistry, Restoration of Upholstered Furniture 2, Documentary Pphotography of Molbertine Paintings, Basics of Gilding, Study of Artworks Analysis, Preventive Conservation, Furniture Design, Professional Ethics, Human Safety, History of Furniture and Interior, volume of professional practices consists of 30 credits (Skills Development and Orentation Internship, Conservation Work Internship, Restoration Work Internship, Technological Internship, Final Internship) and the Professional Bachelor Thesis consists of 15 credits. Specialisations: Volume of specialisation subjects consists of 21 credits Furniture Conservation and Restoration. The following subjects are studied: Conservation and Restoration of Wooden Etnographic Items, Conservation and Restoration of Wooden Polychromic Items, Conservation and Restoration of Classic Furniture. Restoration of Easel Paintings: Conservation and Restoration of Easel Paintings, Copying of Historical Paintings: Painting Techniques and Technologies, Special Chemistry. Optional courses: Volume of optional courses consists of 9 credits for free elective study subjects. One can deepen the knowledge in a chosen field of studies by selecting specialized subjects of the study field and choose subjects from the list of free elective study subjects. Conservation and Restoration of Art Works study programme offers the following free elective study subjects for the students of other study programmes of Kaunas University of Applied Sciences: Basics of Vaneering, Tarsia and Encrust / Techniques and Technologies of Painting, Relief Carving / Conservation and Restoration Works of Molbertine Paintings, Sculpturing and Modelling / Sculpture. Distinctive features of a study programme: The study programme is unique and helps to preserve endangered cultural heritage objects and to improve the image of the state in the context of European Union. Art restorers are trained only at Kaunas University of Applied Sciences Arts Academy. Access to professional activity or further study: Access to professional activity: After completing the study programme of Restoration and Conservation of Art Works, a graduate will be
able to work in state and private museums, libraries, archives, to establish private business, to perform preservation and restoration of art works, work on a freelance basis or perform as an independent artist. Access to further study: After completion of this study programme, further studies can be continued in any Lithuanian or European higher education institution with academic credits transfer.
