Area A: This two-hour lecture is intended to provide an introduction to the manufacturing techniques of paintings.The first part of the lecture is dedicated to the importance of identifying the manufacturing technique of a painting for conservation purposes. The main means of identification of the manufacturing techniques are also introduced, while an emphasis is placed on the primary sources, such as the treatises by Cennino Cennini (1437) and Giorgio Vasari (1550). The second part of the lecture provides the basic vocabulary related to the manufacturing techniques, as well as the basic steps involved in the manufacture of a painting on wall, panel and canvas.

Area B: An introduction to the materials covered by Area B, namely ceramics, glass, metals and stone. Emphasis will be on basic technological definitions of the material and its production from raw materials followed by a wider discussion of the way each material is worked and formed into an artefact.
The lecture aim is to show the broad range of object types that can come under Area B's speciality and also to try and show the connection between materials science and art history, that is, that the nature of the material has the most important influence on eventual function and form.

Area C: The two-hour theory lecture shall at first introduce the persona of the professional textile conservator, focusing on his theoretical, ethical and practical development. Subsequently the emphasis will shift to the different materials treated by the textile conservator and the different techniques, which make up this class of artefacts, that is, fabrics, costumes, lace, embroidery, tapestries and carpets among others.

Area D: This brief two-hour course focuses on the causes and aspects of deterioration in paper, books and archival documents. It also provides an overview of printing techniques, mainly relief printing, intaglio printing, planographic printing and serigraphy. Aspects of codicology, parchment-making and illumination are also referred to.

• Artistic Techniques Area B

Area C:

In preparation for the lesson in Textile Manufacturing techniques please answer the following questions. The answers will be discussed during our first 2 hours of theory held on 12th June 2004.

Malta & Greece:

Describe what is a textile and list some typical examples.

Morocco& Jordan:

Discuss the importance of textiles through the ages.

Note: If any one of the students or coordinators would like to show some examples of textile artefacts or samples they are very welcome to present them during one of the Textile Manufacturing Techniques Sessions.