Fine Arts · Boston College
Preservation of a (traditional) work of art requires understanding the materials of which it is made up, their condition, determining a course of treatment, then carrying out a treatment. In this seminar, means by which the materials of art can be understood (historical documents and examination in a conservation lab) will be explored. A major focus will be on how conservators determine the 'state of preservation' that is the desired outcome of a particular treatment (which is rarely how the work of art looked when it was newly created). Other topics are conservation controversies (including c
