The Temple of Venus (Pompeii): A study of the pigments and painting techniques

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2633-2643

  Piovesan, Rebecca ^a   Siddall, Ruth ^b   Mazzoli, Claudio ^a   Nodari, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fresco; Lime based painting techniques; Pigments; Pompeii; Wall painting

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ARCHAEOLOGY; LIME; MINERAL; PIGMENT;

EID: 80051798253     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.05.021     Document Type: Article

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