Ariadne´s house (Pompeii, Italy) wall paintings: A multidisciplinary study of its present state focused on a future restoration and preventive conservation

Authors

  • M.C. Pérez Instituto Valenciano de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales (Valencia)
  • F. J. García-Diego Universidad Politécnica de Valencia - Unidad Asociada ICMM- CSIC/UPV. Universitat Politècnica de València
  • P. Merello Instituto Valenciano de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales (Valencia) - Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
  • P. D’Antoni Instituto Valenciano de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales (Valencia)
  • A. Fernández-Navajas Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
  • A. Ribera i Lacomba Ayuntamiento de Valencia
  • L. Ferrazza Instituto Valenciano de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales (Valencia)
  • J. Pérez-Miralles Instituto Valenciano de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales (Valencia) - Exma. Diputación de Castellón
  • José-Luis Baró Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
  • P. Merce Instituto Valenciano de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales (Valencia)
  • H. D’Antoni NASA Ames Research Center, (California)
  • J. Curiel-Esparza Universidad Politécnica de Valencia - Unidad Asociada ICMM- CSIC/UPV. Universitat Politècnica de València

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/mc.2012.00812

Keywords:

Restoration, deterioration, efflorescence, thermal analysis, electronic microscopy

Abstract


This paper deals with the development of a multidisciplinary study on the current state of conservation of Ariadne's house (Pompeii, Italy), a domus of great archaeological value. The aim of this study is to undertake the preventive conservation actions required and increase the knowledge about its conservation and to generate discussions and points of view for a future restoration. Environmental studies, electromagnetic radiation measurements, study of materials and a photographical study were carried out. Those studies revealed that the rooftops covering the analyzed rooms resulting in adverse weather conditions causing grave damage to the conservation of the wall paintings. Thus, between 2009-2010 the rooftops were changed and new environmental studies were conducted. Studies of materials showed that the paintings match in execution and composition with those reported by other authors. The salts from modern mortars from previous restorations were affecting frescoes, also it is described a thin grayish surface layer from environmental contaminants.

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2013-09-30

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Pérez, M., García-Diego, F. J., Merello, P., D’Antoni, P., Fernández-Navajas, A., Ribera i Lacomba, A., Ferrazza, L., Pérez-Miralles, J., Baró, J.-L., Merce, P., D’Antoni, H., & Curiel-Esparza, J. (2013). Ariadne´s house (Pompeii, Italy) wall paintings: A multidisciplinary study of its present state focused on a future restoration and preventive conservation. Materiales De Construcción, 63(311), 449–467. https://doi.org/10.3989/mc.2012.00812

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