Teaching Workshop: Archeological Drawing
A.Y. 2025/2026
Learning objectives
The archaeological drawing teaching workshop fulfills technical-professionalizing training of students enrolled in the degree course in Cultural Heritage Sciences, providing them with basic tools for archaeological drawing of artefacts. Main goal of the lab is to allow students to find employment as a designer of archaeological finds at museums and superintendencies.
Expected learning outcomes
The teaching workshop teaches students how to draw archaeological artefacts (ceramics, metal and lithic tools).
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result: superato/non superato
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
This laboratory is divided into a series of theoretical and practical lessons, with a clear prevalence of the second ones. During the first lessons, in addition to a brief introduction to the purpose of drawing, we will see the different techniques of archaeological drawing and the possibilities it offers. The practical lessons, on the other hand, will allow students to use the technical drawing instrumentation and to measure themselves with pottery finds - sherds and vases -, metal and other materials, learning how to represent them and render them in the best possible graphic way. At the end of the lessons the topic of polishing will also be introduced - both by hand and digitally - for the preparation of the final work or any publications.
Prerequisites for admission
Since this is a laboratory with practical drawing activities, no previous knowledge is required. During the lessons, the necessary tools will be provided to develop skills in the drawing of archaeological finds.
Teaching methods
Lessons will be organized in a first part, more theoretical and introductory, relating to the history of archaeological drawing, its methods and its purposes, and a second part with proper practical drawing activities, during which the students will deal with different types of materials trying to understand what could be the best possible graphic rendering.
Teaching Resources
Bibliography:
- Avilia Filippo, Il disegno del reperto archeologico (I Quanto Basta della Libreria Archeologica, 1), Monte Compatri 2009.
- De Laurenzi Angelina, Introduzione al disegno della ceramica romana (CNAP Manuali, supplemento n. 0 di Gradus), Firenze - Pisa 2006.
- Pennacchioni Massimo, Metodologie e tecniche del disegno archeologico. Manuale per il disegno dei reperti archeologici, Sesto Fiorentino 2004.
- Avilia Filippo, Il disegno del reperto archeologico (I Quanto Basta della Libreria Archeologica, 1), Monte Compatri 2009.
- De Laurenzi Angelina, Introduzione al disegno della ceramica romana (CNAP Manuali, supplemento n. 0 di Gradus), Firenze - Pisa 2006.
- Pennacchioni Massimo, Metodologie e tecniche del disegno archeologico. Manuale per il disegno dei reperti archeologici, Sesto Fiorentino 2004.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The examination of the drawing technique, of the application of the methodology and of the graphic rendering of the materials will be carried out during the lessons.
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