SUPPLEMENT TO CULTURAL HERITAGE CHEMISTRY

 During the course, pictorial works are considered with
        provision of in-depth information on constituent materials,
        stratigraphic aspects, degradation of materials, their composition   problems that are posed for doing a diagnostic project, suitable
        investigation techniques for answering questions, reading of analytical  data, the conservation project.
        1.   General information on painted surfaces.
        a.    Structure of paintings
       i.     support
       ii.    preparation layer                    
       iii.   priming
       iv.    pictorial layer
       v.     varnish
        2.         Pictorial techniques.
        a.                 wall painting techniques
        b.                 tempera painting
        c.                 oil painting
        d.                 mixed techniques
        e.                  the encaustic technique
        f.                   gilding techniques
        g.        paints in pictorial techniques
        3.         Chemical composition of binders
        a.                  proteinaceous binders
        b.                 polysaccharidic binders
        c.                 waxes
        d.                 lipidic binders
        e.                 modern synthetic binders
        f.     natural plant and animal resins
        g.                 methods of characterization of organic materials
        4.         Pigments
        a.              &