DA PLACENTIA AD ARIMINUM: TECNICHE E MATERIALI DELLA PITTURA MURALE ROMANA NELLE DOMUS DELLA OCTAVA REGIO

Abstract

The analyses of polychrome plaster from the Octava Regio of ancient Roman Italy have enabled the identification
of the palette of pigments used, the pictorial techniques and the different ways of decorating painted
surfaces. Despite the short distances between the towns founded along the Via Aemilia, the paintings exhibit
differences relating to these important domus: the decorative motifs, pigments, intonachinos and plaster all
vary. Some of the more unusual pigments may come from geological features found in the territory or from
the nearby mountains.