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In today’s #thread, we are going to talk about the first scientific analyses of the pigments employed on the mural paintings of @pompeii_sites, published by Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1809). Chaptal was
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In today’s #thread we are going to talk about the analysis of organic binders used in the “secco” technique on fresco paintings at @pompeii_sites and #Herculaneum. After the beginning of
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In today’s #thread we are going to talk about a degradation process that endangers the red ochre pigment of the mural paintings of @pompeii_sites: its darkening. As we have already
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Today we are going back to #Pompeii to talk about another pigment used in the mural paintings of @pompeii_sites and @mannapoli, whose color has also changed throughout time: yellow ochre.
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In today’s #thread, we will be talking about yellow pigments employed in the mural paintings of @pompeii_sites, according to Pliny’s descriptions and modern scientific analysis. In the last days, we
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In today's #thread we are going to have a look at sadly faded mural paintings of the House of Ariadne (Regio VII, 4, 31/51), excavated in 1822, 1832, and 1846
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In today’s #thread we are going to talk about the manufacturing process and use of black pigments in Roman mural paintings, with examples from @pompeii_Sites and @MNR_museo. Let’s go! Pliny
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The Villa Romana del Casale (IV century AD, Sicily), belonged to a member of the Roman senatorial aristocracy, probably an “Urbi Praefectus” (governor of Rome). The exceptional richness of its
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In today’s #thread we will be talking about Late Classical and Hellenistic painting techniques, from Greece and Macedon to present-day Bulgaria and Italy. Aren’t these Tyrian purple backgrounds from Tomb
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Let’s talk about #EgyptianBlue, its manufacture and use from Egypt to the Iberian Peninsula, with a special insight into the Vesuvian area, where this pot containing original pigment has been
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In today’s #thread we are heading back to @pompeii_sites to learn more about the chemical composition of the tesserae employed in two mosaics of the House of the Gilded Cupids
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