INVESTING IN CULTURAL HERITAGE

Wednesday, 24 November 2004

Valletta Waterfront - Pinto Vaults, Valletta Malta

Certificate Course in History and Theory of Conservation-Restoration - COURSE DESCRIPTION
" The course will provide a treatment of the history of conservation and restoration from the Renaissance up to the present. Particular attention will be given to the birth of the various centers for conservation and restoration in Europe during the last century. It will also treat the importance of interdisciplinarity in the field on conservation and the necessity of a structured project. The course will treat the problem of terminology and the understanding of terms used in different languages. Furthermore, the historical overview will focus on paintings, architecture, the built environment and sculpture, together with the so-called applied arts and other kinds of material anthropogenic objects and structures and their related intangible cultural dimensions."