02-19-2008, 02:41 AM
Hi
Instead of Google try any of these :
'Wall Painting in Roman Britain' by Roger Ling.
'Roman Painting' By Roger Ling
The Mysterious Fayum Portraits. By E. Doxiades.
The last book is worth getting just for the wonderful pictures. All have details of painting techniques and brushes, including the various types of hair used and the material for the brush handle itself. The wax portraits show evidence of brush strokes as well as marks made by some sort of tool which it is suggested might have been the other end of a brush as no other specific instrument appears to have been found.
With regards to brushes the two books by Ling have the same information in each so only get both if you are interested in the wider subject matter.
Graham.
Instead of Google try any of these :
'Wall Painting in Roman Britain' by Roger Ling.
'Roman Painting' By Roger Ling
The Mysterious Fayum Portraits. By E. Doxiades.
The last book is worth getting just for the wonderful pictures. All have details of painting techniques and brushes, including the various types of hair used and the material for the brush handle itself. The wax portraits show evidence of brush strokes as well as marks made by some sort of tool which it is suggested might have been the other end of a brush as no other specific instrument appears to have been found.
With regards to brushes the two books by Ling have the same information in each so only get both if you are interested in the wider subject matter.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
