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Virtual relighting of a Roman statue head from Herculaneum: a case study

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Kurt Debattista,

Alan ChalmersAuthors Info & Claims

AFRIGRAPH '09: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa

Pages 5 - 12

https://doi.org/10.1145/1503454.1503456

Published: 04 February 2009 Publication History

Abstract

High-fidelity computer graphics offer the possibility for archaeologists to put excavated cultural heritage artefacts virtually back into their original setting and illumination conditions. This enables hypotheses about the perception of objects and their environments to be investigated in a safe and controlled manner. This paper presents a case study of the pipeline for the acquisition, modelling, rapid prototyping and virtual relighting of a Roman statue head preserved at Herculaneum in Italy. The statue head was excavated in 2006, after having been buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79.

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Virtual relighting of a Roman statue head from Herculaneum: a case study
1. Applied computing
  1. Document management and text processing
    1. Document capture
      1. Graphics recognition and interpretation
2. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Graphics systems and interfaces
      1. Virtual reality
    2. Image manipulation
      1. Texturing

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AFRIGRAPH '09: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa

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DOI:10.1145/1503454

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