La pittura romana nella VIII Regio. Studio e ricomposizione degli intonaci dipinti

The overall picture of the surviving evidence of Roman wall painting from the Regio VIII has been influenced heavily both by its fragmentary state and the poor condition of preservation of the buildings which yielded the evidence. Despite some remarkable groups of materials had been already published, a comprehensive study on the painting production of the region was still lacking. With this purpose, within the TECT project, aiming to create a database of the evidences from the Cisalpine area, a survey of this less known heritage was undertaken between the I century BC and the III century AD, focusing on the South of the region and the city of Ariminum. Both published and unknown sites and materials have been taken into consideration in a research entailing first-hand examination of paintings, new photographic and photogrammetric documentation, the study of archive records, integrative graphic reconstruction of the decorative systems. The study of stylistic, chronological and technical features of the painting evidence has enabled to define the evolution of the local painting production, in comparison with the evidence known from the Central and Northen Italy.