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An Introduction to Stained Glass Conservation: Techniques and Treatments - HOA00109M

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  • Department: History of Art
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
    • See module specification for other years: 2024-25

Module summary

Building on the module ‘Basic Glass Handling and Glass Craft Skills’ and ‘The History and Theory of Stained Glass Conservation’ in Semester 1, students will begin to add a range of conservation techniques and treatments to their skill sets, with the theoretical underpinning explored through seminar presentations and discussion, and practical skills tested though exercises bade in the training studio.

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Semester 2 2023-24

Module aims

This module will introduce the student to current best practice in stained glass conservation and enable them to achieve competence in a range of techniques and treatments that they will encounter and develop during the Professional Studio Placement.

Module learning outcomes

  • By the end of the module, students should have acquired:

  • Theoretical understanding of a range of approaches employed in stained glass conservation today

  • Understanding of main preventive conservation options, including Environmental Protective Glazing (EPG)

  • Familiarity with a wide range of tools, techniques, solvents, consolidants and adhesives used in current stained glass conservation practice

  • The capacity to recognize and assess the significance of previous interventions and treatments

  • Readiness for the Professional Studio Placement

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Module feedback

You will receive feedback on assessed work within the timeframes set out by the University - please check the Guide to Assessment, Standards, Marking and Feedback for more information.

The purpose of feedback is to help you to improve your future work. If you do not understand your feedback or want to talk about your ideas further, you are warmly encouraged to meet your Supervisor during their Office Hours.

Indicative reading

  • Applebaum, Barbara. Conservation Treatment Methodology. Amsterdam: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.
  • Brown, Sarah, and Sebastian Strobl. A Fragile Inheritance, The Care of Stained Glass and Historic Glazing: a Handbook for Custodians. London: Church House, 2002.
  • ICON. "An Introduction to Conservation Reports." June 1, 2020. https://www.icon.org.uk/resource/intro-to-conservation-reports.html
  • Pender, Robyn, and Sophie Godfraind, eds. Glass and Glazing (English Heritage Practical Building Conservation). Farnham: Ashgate, 2011.
  • Rauch, Ivo. The Conservation and Restoration of Stained Glass: An Introduction to the Problems. Nuremberg: CVMA, 2004.
  • Vitrearum, Corpus. Guidelines for the Conservation and Restoration of Stained Glass. 2nd ed. Nuremberg: CVMA, 2004.


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