Pinturas murales de la casa de Ariadna (Pompeya, Italia): Un estudio multidisciplinar de su estado actual enfocado a una futura restauración y conservación preventiva

F J García-Diego,P D’Antoni,P Merce,H D’Antoni,A Fernández-Navajas,A Ribera I Lacomba,L Ferrazza,José-Luis Baró,M.C Pérez,J Curiel-Esparza,J Pérez-Miralles,P Merello

doi:10.3989/mc.2012.00812

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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Ariadne’s House or “dei Capitelli Colorati”, is located in the “Regio” VII, insula 4 (Pompeii, Italy), in a privileged location at the center of the city, less than 100 meters from the forum
This map was made by the City Council of Valencia
The studies developed in this work allowed documenting the state of conservation of Ariadne’s house and evaluating the most convenient procedures for a preventive conservation as well as increasing the knowledge about the materials used in its construction, its pictorial procedure and what has been the process of deterioration for the discussion of a future restoration

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Ariadne’s House or “dei Capitelli Colorati”, is located in the “Regio” VII, insula 4 (Pompeii, Italy), in a privileged location at the center of the city, less than 100 meters from the forum. Ariadne’s House was excavated between 1832 and 1835 and during the 19th century it was one of the most famous and visited Pompeian houses, later to sink into oblivion afterwards (2). The rooms considered in this work are: numbers [1, 2, 3] and 4 (Figure 1). These four rooms are decorated with murals from the first to the fourth Pompeian style (1). This map was made by the City Council of Valencia

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