Consideraciones en torno a la técnica de la encáustica grecorromana
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3989/aespa.1993.v66.464Abstract
The analytical study of a number of samples of Roman mural painting from Mérida strongly suggest that the painting material used was composed of a mixture of pigments and calcite, and bound by an emulsion of beeswax and potassium soap. These ingredients were also identified in other samples of Greco-Roman mural painting from Marsala and Complutum. Examination of Greek and Latin texts about painting appear to confirm that both the composition and the characteristics of the wax-and-soap emulsion detected are those of Greco-Roman encaustique technique, the precise formula of which has not yet been determined and is still the subject of debate
Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2018 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
© CSIC. Manuscripts published in both the print and online versions of this journal are the property of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, and quoting this source is a requirement for any partial or full reproduction.
All contents of this electronic edition, except where otherwise noted, are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. You may read the basic information and the legal text of the licence. The indication of the CC BY 4.0 licence must be expressly stated in this way when necessary.
Self-archiving in repositories, personal webpages or similar, of any version other than the final version of the work produced by the publisher, is not allowed.
