DIGITAL CULTURAL HERITAGE: APPLICATIONS OF 3D COMPUTER GRAPHICS IN RECONSTRUCTING THE LOST REALITY OF THE TEMPLES OF IONIA

Year 2015, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 26 - 43, 21.01.2016

Ahmet Denker

Abstract

Reconstructions of the past with the advent of 3D computer graphics and high resolution rendering are increasingly produced and maintained in digital form, thus creating a legacy: Digital cultural heritage. Digital cultural heritage requires serious attention and is the subject of this paper. The reconstruction of the lost Ionic temples of the western shores of Aegean Sea is the main focus. The history of their construction, destruction and reconstruction loops are traced.  The exceptional architects who had worked out the style and the principles of construction are looked into. Superstructures they created are studied with the aid of the accounts of the ancient writers, fragments in museums and surviving portions. Finally, their 3D reconstructions are realized so far as possible.

Keywords

Digital cultural heritage, 3D computer graphics, reconstructing the lost reality, Ionic temples

References

• H.C. Butler, Sardis II, Architecture, Part I, The Temple of Artemis, Leiden:E.J.Brill.