Abstract
Abstract. Acknowledgement of the value of a basic freehand sketch by the information and communication community of researchers and developers brought about the advanced developments for the use of sketches as free input to complicated processes of computerized visualization, so as to make them more widely accessible. However, a sharp reduction and even exclusion of this and other basic visual disciplines from education in sciences, technology, engineering and architecture dramatically reduces the number of future users of such applications. The unique needs of conservation of cultural heritage pose specific challenges as well as encourage the formulation of innovative development tasks in related areas of information and communication technologies (ICT). This paper claims that the introduction of basic visual disciplines to both communities is essential to the effectiveness of integration of heritage conservation needs and the advanced ICT development of conservation value, and beyond. It provides an insight into the challenges and advantages of introducing these subjects in a relevant educational context, presents some examples of their teaching and learning in the modern environment, including e-learning, and sketches perspectives to their application.
Highlights
Significant progress in modern conservation of cultural heritage has brought advanced technologies and innovative methods to diverse areas of this field, including heritage documentation and analysis, and heritage education
This paper demonstrates that proficiency in these basic visual disciplines is highly relevant to conservation and information and communication technologies (ICT) experts, and outlines the selected perspectives of their contribution to conservation of cultural heritage in the modern digital context
From numerous examples of many architects in different historic periods (e.g. Santiago Calatrava stated in his lecture at the Technion in 2006 that he started his design from sketching), we might zoom into this process on a sole example of a sheet of sketches by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1525) of his design of the staircase of Biblioteca Laurenziana in Florence (Michelangelo 2002, Hill and Kohane 2015, Calatrava 2006)
Summary
Significant progress in modern conservation of cultural heritage has brought advanced technologies and innovative methods to diverse areas of this field, including heritage documentation and analysis, and heritage education. Education for conservation of cultural heritage can be subdivided into two types: the direct and the indirect. The first one, the direct, - is focused on providing or upgrading the relevant education of professionals and experts involved in the conservation of cultural heritage. The digital “bonding” mentioned above has great advantages for developing appealing learning programs for raising the awareness of the general public (virtual) learners of the values of cultural heritage, the reasons for its preservation and the challenges and the principles involved (Ioannides et al 2016, Lobovikov-Katz 2015; Lobovikov-Katz et al 2012; 2014). This paper demonstrates that proficiency in these basic visual disciplines is highly relevant to conservation and ICT experts, and outlines the selected perspectives of their contribution to conservation of cultural heritage in the modern digital context
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