Pompeii: painters, workshops, patrons
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Projects
Labraunda: marbles and quarries
Labraunda is an ancient sanctuary in Karia close to the western coast in Anatolia, Turkey. It is situated on a high mountain in the vicinity of the modern city of Milas, ancient Mylasa. Its history goes back to the Hekatomnid period around 700 BC, but the main buildings belong to the vast building program of
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Labraunda: wall decoration
Fragments of wall decoration have been found during excavations of buildings at Labraunda. The present project regards studies of the materials that had been used for wall decoration from the Hellenistic period to late Antiquity. Fragments of mortar, plaster and wall decoration were found during recent excavations of Andron A, which is dated to the
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The Harpy Monument
Paint on white marble, a research project. What do we really know about the polychromy on antique marble statuary? Were statues and reliefs actually painted, and if so, what materials paints were used? These were some questions posed in the present project, which concerns gypsum copies of the sculpted decoration on Kybernis Monument, also known
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The Roman Villa of Agios Donatos
A large number of fragments of wall painting was found during the excavation of one room in the ruins of the Roman villa at Agios Donatos in Thesprotia, Greece. The villa was situated within a former Early Hellenistic fortress, overlooking the Kokytos Valley. The question was whether the more than 2500 fragments belonged to one
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Pompeii: plaster investigation
Research project on plasters used for Pompeian wall painting, 2002-2005, 2010-2012. How did the Romans prepare the walls to make the paintings so extremely durable? Wall paintings exposed to weather and wind remain for centuries until they finally fade away or the preparation falls off. When studying the materials, there seemed to be differences related
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Labraunda: marble conservation
How do we handle and take care of excavated marble that remains in open air environment at an archaeological site? Swedish excavations began at Labraunda in 1948. No digging was carried out between 1960 and 1988, that is, until Professor Pontus Hellström at Uppsala University received the permission to initiate a new excavation period. In
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Palazzo Lancellotti ai Coronari, Rome
Palazzo Lancellotti ai Coronari is situated along Via dei Coronari in the center of Rome. The palace houses a large collection of antique works of art, most of which are statues. Many of these were found at excavations in and around Rome and their missing parts were reconstructed during the Baroque period and later. Statues
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Villa San Michele, Capri: marble conservation
Villa San Michele houses a large collection of antique items of marble, mainly statues and architectural decorations. Most works of art are placed in open air environments such as the sculpture gallery, the atrium and the garden. A didactic conservation project aiming at the preservation of the objects was planned in 1997. The project, which
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Encausto and Ganosis
Bees wax was used as a binding medium for paint in Antiquity, and so was a product named Punic wax. The present project in 1996-1997, refers to a series of tests aiming at reconstructing Punic wax. Some series of experiments to reconstruct Punic wax were made as part of my research on encaustic as paint
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