Roman Frescos and Other Paintings

[Restitvtvs]

I revised this post, to put all links up front. You can see poster's comments (if any) about these websites in their original posts that follow. Hope these help. Pax vobiscvm, +r

(updated 22 Oct 2008)

Roman frescos:

http://12koerbe.de/azur/livia.htm
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20 ... iired.html
http://ospitiweb.indire.it/~copc0001/po ... ment1.html
http://ospitiweb.indire.it/~copc0001/po ... 0stile.htm
http://ospitiweb.indire.it/~copc0001/po ... 0stile.htm
http://ospitiweb.indire.it/~copc0001/po ... stile1.htm
http://ospitiweb.indire.it/~copc0001/po ... stile2.htm
http://users.telenet.be/semetnam/beziensw.htm
http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/roman/painting.html
http://www.bealltool.com/romansims/walls.htm
http://www.physorg.com/news81520051.html
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=10660
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=4001
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 151222.htm
http://www.skenographia.cch.kcl.ac.uk/

Fresco "How-To" websites:

http://www.muralist.org/fresco/intro.html
http://www.fresco-techniques.com/index.html (commercial site, but good content)
http://www.realcolorwheel.com/fresco.htm (another commercial site, but good content, including fresco pigment choices and color stability / changes)

Watercolor "How-To" websites:

http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/wtech.html Wow! (added 20 Oct 2008)
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/Publ ... _index.php (Scroll down about 80-85% of the long webpage, to get to the long "watercolors" section. Many links to good articles.) (added 22 Oct 2008)

[Robert Vermaat]

Nice link!

[Restitvtvs]

Several very good Roman wall painting (and other) images, from Pompeii, on this Columbia University webpage:

[link now password protected, for students only]

And on these Italian webpages:
http://ospitiweb.indire.it/~copc0001/po ... ment1.html
http://ospitiweb.indire.it/~copc0001/po ... 0stile.htm
http://ospitiweb.indire.it/~copc0001/po ... 0stile.htm
http://ospitiweb.indire.it/~copc0001/po ... stile1.htm
http://ospitiweb.indire.it/~copc0001/po ... stile2.htm

[Cornelius Quintus]

Ave William,

many thanks for that link! Very valuable as usual!

[Restitvtvs]

Thank you, Heiko, for your kind comments!

For all us "Home Improvement", "Do-It-Yourselfer" types, here is a domus in Pompeii, with several layers of wall treatment & painting, including tile "opus reticulatum".

Considering the number of layers, maybe this is shows about 100 to 200 years of habitation?

[Restitvtvs]

Renovated wall paintings:

http://12koerbe.de/azur/livia.htm

[Sergey Lenkov]

Wow! Cool!
Such a meditative paintings...
Thank you!

[aitor iriarte]

Not neccessarily, William... :?
We have the wall constructed in reticulatum, then a first, thick layer of coarse mortar to get the wall even. Then a second, finer layer and finally a third, very thin one carrying the fresco painting.
Of course, there are many examples or re-painted rooms but, judging from the pic, not this one 8)

Aitor

[Restitvtvs]

Aitor: Thanks for your comments.

[Restitvtvs]

http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/roman/painting.html

[Restitvtvs]

Nice Roman wall painting summary from "Roman Sims":

http://www.bealltool.com/romansims/walls.htm

[Restitvtvs]

http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=10660

[Tarbicus]

Nice Roman wall painting summary from "Roman Sims":

http://www.bealltool.com/romansims/walls.htm

Phwoar, crikey! Look at those lovely colours!

[Restitvtvs]

Another Roman painting RAT Topic/Thread:

http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=4001

Pompeii red uses mercury compounds that naturally change over time, eventually becoming medium grey to dark black.



Some related online articles:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20 ... iired.html

http://www.physorg.com/news81520051.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 151222.htm

[Sergey Lenkov]

Thank you, Restitvtvs. Though some frescoes are well-known (Villa of Mysteries) - others were new for me and very impressive. Stange it may seem but some of them could remind of Baroque or Rococo paintings. Though painters of the 17-18 th. centuries saw these frescoes and were impressed by them - still the craftsmanship of the Ancient artists is very impressive. And it took nearly 1500 years for the European painters to reach out for this level.