title: Analysis of pigments from Roman wall paintings found in the "agro centuriato" of Julia Concordia (Italy).
abstract: The analysis of wall painting fragments recovered in the "agro centuriato" of Julia Concordia has been carried out by using Scanning Electron Microscopy equipped with an EDS microanalysis detector (SEM-EDS), Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-Ray powder Diffraction (XRD). The pigments used have been identified and the data obtained suggest the presence of three rustic villas richly decorated also with Egyptian blue. The presence of white of aragonite suggest that these villas were decorated during the Imperial Age, in agreement with the recovery of high quality materials and a bronze statue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Calle Larga S. Marta 2137, 30123 Venice, Italy. gian.antonio.mazzocchin@unive.it
authors.forename: Gian-Antonio
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mazzocchin
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Del Favero
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tasca
mesh_terms: D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D007558:Italy; D010151:Paintings; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents