ARCH409 PERSPECTIVES IN THE CONSERVATION AND VALORIZATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
| Course Code: |
1200409 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
4.0 |
| Department: |
Architecture |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Assoc.Prof.Dr. ÖZGÜN ÖZÇAKIR |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall Semesters. |
Course Content
Introduce the field of conservation and its relationship with the visual arts and architecture, as well as natural and cultural sites and their associated values; history of conservation, its origins and development; the conservation of objects, paintings and architecture, as well as natural and cultural sites. Discussion of these concepts through examples with the critical perspective necessary for making conservation decisions, especially as they relate to aesthetics and visual perception as well as social, cultural, historical, scientific and economic values.
