Department:

History & Theory of Architecture and Heritage Conservation

Course Leader:

prof.dr.arh. Sergiu Nistor

Learning outcomes:

Awareness about the principles of scientific conservation. Awareness aboutr the fundamentals of Romanian laws in historic buildings preservation Awareness in the use of the main instruments of investigation the historic buildings.

Content:

The emergence and the evolution of the term "historic monument" as well as the concern for the preservation of the architectural works of the past: Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Inlightment Monument vs Historic Monument, what this difference means Conservation doctrines - XIXth century Conservation doctrines - XXth century The Venice Charter - presentation and comments The Venice Charter - presentation and comments The Romanian legislation for the protection of historic buildings International Charters The preservation of the authenticity throughout restoration Survey and research techniques Typology of restoration interventions: Romanian examples

Teaching Method:

Conference

Assessment:

Written individual exam, with the actual presence of student i the examination room Mandatory attendance for admission to the exam: at least 6 courses

Bibliography:

BRANDI, Cesare, Teoria restaurării, Editura Meridiane, București 1996 CHOAY, Francoise - Alegoria patrimoniului, Editura Simetria, București, 1998; CURINSCHI-VORONA, Gheorghe - Restaurarea monumentelor istorice, Ed. Tehnica, Bucuresti, 1968; CURINSCHI-VORONA, Gheorghe - Arhitectura. Urbanism. Restaurare, Ed. Tehnică, București 1996; FITCH, James Marston - Historic Preservation, Curatorial Management of the Built World, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville 1992; FEILDEN, Bernard M. - Conservation of Historic Buildings, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1994; NISTOR, S., Protecția patrimoniului cultural în România. Culegere de acte normative, Ed. Universitară "Ion Mincu", București, 2002 PEARCE, David - Conservation Today, Routledge, London, 1989. RIEGL, Alois, Cultul modern al monumentelor, esența și geneza sa, Ed. Impress, București, 1999 Webography: BOITO, Camillo, Carta del Restauro https://denkmalpflege.tuwien.ac.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Boito-Carta-del-restauro-1883-ital.-u.-engl..pdf GIOVANNONI, G., Restauro di monumenti, Bollettino d'Arte, 1-2, 1913 http://www.bollettinodarte.beniculturali.it/opencms/multimedia/BollettinoArteIt/documents/1344509031124_02-Gustavo_Giovannoni_p._1.pdf ICOMOS, International Charters for Conservation and Restoration http://openarchive.icomos.org/431/1/Monuments_and_Sites_1_Charters.pdf JOKILEHTO, Jukka, A History of Architectural Conservation, ICCROM, 1986 https://www.iccrom.org/publication/history-architectural-conservation LE DUC, Eugene Emmanuel Viollet, https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Viollet-le-Duc__Dictionnaire_raisonn%C3%A9_de_l%E2%80%99architecture_fran%C3%A7aise_du_XIe_au_XVIe_si%C3%A8cle,_1854-1868,_tome_8.djvu RUSKIN, John, The Seven Lamps of Architecture, 1849 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35898 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15200/15200-h/15200-h.htm#Memory

Notes:

On condition that no other regulation will stipulate otherwise, the exam will be a written, face to face exam, and will consist of 2 (two) questions to be answered by the student within a 50 minutes timeframe.