Academic thesis
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| Abstract: | The roman wall paintings in the ancient choir of the church St. Wenzel in Thörey are possibly the only traditional part of a great segmented painting, which once also adorned the former apse. Despite being in a fragmentary condition, valuable outlines and details are preserved. Thinking of the long period this piece of art has survived, it is surprising and pleasing that there were no changes made to the original painting. Analysing the condition it became apparent that wall painting and masonry have to be treated as one system. They influence each other which causes changes. Besides, positive changes as well as negatives ones where caused by previous techniques of conservation. For the conservation of the wall painting it is necessary to give it more attention in the everyday life. Thörey church is one of the roman sites of the "Transromanica" in Thuringia. The discussion concerning the techniques of conservation showed that no consolidant fulfils the required criteria. Debating the different materials, synthetic resins were considered the best. Concurrently silicic acid ester was found to be suitable for consolidating chalking paint, but there need to be further research. |
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