The Ulpia Domnina's sarcophagus: preliminary report about the use of digital 3D model for the study and reconstruction of the polychromy
Siotto E., Callieri M., Dellepiane M., Scopigno R.
Roman sarcophagus Polychromy 3D model Virtual colour reconstruction
This work documents the current condition of the polychromy of a Roman marble sarcophagus, and proposes a reconstruction hypothesis of its original state. The sarcophagus inv. no. 125891 of the Museo Nazionale Romano - Terme di Diocleziano has been chosen since the state of preservation of its ancient colour can reveal the original painting techniques. As a part of this work, a high-resolution digital 3D model of the artefact has been obtained using a triangulation laser scanner. Moreover, a photographic campaign has been performed for the acquisition of the surface appearance (colour). The resulting sampled data have been processed and integrated using the MeshLab open source tool, to obtain a faithful representation of the current state of the artefact. This digital model has been integrated in the pipeline of a project which main aims are: to clarify the pigments and techniques used, and to explore the potentialities of emerging technologies for the reconstruction and presentation of the ancient colour.
Source: ASMOSIA X - Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones In Antiquity. Tenth International Conference Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone, pp. 911–922, Roma, Italy, 21-26 May 2012
Publisher: L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, ITA
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@inproceedings{oai:it.cnr:prodotti:331329,
title = {The Ulpia Domnina's sarcophagus: preliminary report about the use of digital 3D model for the study and reconstruction of the polychromy},
author = {Siotto E. and Callieri M. and Dellepiane M. and Scopigno R.},
publisher = {L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, ITA},
booktitle = {ASMOSIA X - Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones In Antiquity. Tenth International Conference Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone, pp. 911–922, Roma, Italy, 21-26 May 2012},
year = {2015}
}
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