Comments on Josephine Munch Rasmussen: ‘Securing Cultural Heritage Objects and Fencing Stolen Goods? A Case Study on Museums and Metal Detecting in Norway’

This article elicits restoration experience regarding heritage-listed buildings in the cities of Nish (Serbia) and Saint-Petersburg (Russia). Protection of architectural heritage having cultural and historical value is increasingly gaining in importance in modern society so it is necessary to establish the principles of intervention, when and to what extent it is necessary or desirable. The principles applied in this field make continuous progress and there are new, innovative techniques that are the subject of this case study. Revitalization of Villa Zivkovic (Serbia, the city of Nish) offers an analysis of technically advanced and innovative approach to active protection in the context of sustainable development while preserving the potential cultural value of this important building, representing the movement of early Modern. The article also deals with existing standards for conservation of cultural heritage objects in Saint-Petersburg, (Russia). The structure of protection areas for cultural heritage of historically developed central districts of Saint-Petersburg is presented herein. The article presents assigned for imposing constraints on restoration activities with respect to historical buildings.

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Development of a platform recommending 3D and spectral digitisation strategies

Virtual Archaeology Review ◽

10.4995/var.2016.5861 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (15) ◽

pp. 18 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Stefanie Wefers ◽

Ashish Karmacharya ◽

Frank Boochs

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Research Question ◽

Deformation Analysis ◽

Complex Task ◽

Digital Information ◽

Rule Based ◽

Cultural Heritage Object ◽

Interdisciplinary Dialogue ◽

Cultural Heritage Objects

Spatial and spectral recording of cultural heritage objects is a complex task including data acquisition, processing and analysis involving different technical disciplines. Additionally, the development of a suitable digitisation strategy satisfying the expectations of the humanities experts needs an interdisciplinary dialogue often suffering from misunderstanding and knowledge gaps on both the technical and humanities sides.Through a concerted discussion experts from the cultural heritage and technical domains currently develop a so-called COSCHKR platform (Colour and Space in Cultural Heritage Knowledge Representation) which will give recommendations for spatial and spectral recording strategies adapted to the needs of the cultural heritage application. The platform will make use of an ontology through which the relevant parameters of the different domains involved in the recording, processing, analysis and dissemination of cultural heritage objects are hierarchically structured and are related through rule-based dependencies. Background and basis for this ontology is the fact that a deterministic relation exists between (1) the requirements of a cultural heritage application on spatial, spectral, as well as visual digital information of a cultural heritage object which itself has concrete physical characteristics and (2) the technical possibilities of the spectral and spatial recording devices. Through a case study which deals with the deformation analysis of wooden samples of cultural heritage artefacts this deterministic relationship is illustrated explaining the overall structure and development of the ontology.The aim of the COSCHKR platform is to support cultural heritage experts finding the best suitable recording strategy for their often unique physical cultural heritage object and research question. The platform will support them and will make them aware of the relevant parameters and limitations of the recording strategy with respect to the characteristics of the cultural heritage object, external influences, application, recording devices, and data.

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Virtual Reality Models Based on Photogrammetric Surveys—A Case Study of the Iconostasis of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas in Sremski Karlovci (Serbia)

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app10082743 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 2743 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Miloš Obradović ◽

Ivana Vasiljević ◽

Isidora Đurić ◽

Jelena Kićanović ◽

Vesna Stojaković ◽

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Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Model Optimization ◽

Levels Of Detail ◽

Image Based Modeling ◽

Multiple Levels ◽

Cultural Heritage Objects ◽

Interactive Experience ◽

The Church

During recent years, the synergy of virtual reality (VR) and photogrammetry has become an increasingly prevalent way to visualize, represent, preserve and disseminate cultural heritage objects. Photogrammetry offers a reliable method for a faithful and accurate image-based modeling of real-world objects, while VR applications provide not only visualization, but also an immersive and interactive experience of the photogrammetrically reconstructed cultural heritage. This research aims to create and apply the method for providing VR experience in the context of cultural heritage by developing a workflow for the VR applications based on photogrammetric models. The proposed workflow was applied on the iconostasis of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral church of Saint Nicholas in Sremski Karlovci (Serbia). The presented method is based on the following main steps: generation ofan accurate 3D reconstruction of the iconostasisusing photogrammetry, the 3D model optimization, retopology, control and analysis and the process of creating the VR experience using a game-engine. The final result is an interactive walk through the church, which provides the user with an opportunity to visualize the iconostasis and its individual icons through different perspectives and multiple levels of detail, which is not otherwise possible when observing the church interior.

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Revisioning sculpture: A cultural heritage case study from Toureen Peacaun, County Tipperary, Ireland

International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing ◽

10.3366/ijhac.2011.0010 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 4 (1-2) ◽

pp. 95-109

Author(s):

Orla Murphy

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Digital Media ◽

Laser Scanning ◽

End Users ◽

Humanities Computing ◽

Wide Range ◽

Stone Sculpture ◽

Cultural Heritage Objects ◽

Machine Readable

Laser scanning of stone sculpture creates accurate digital models that may be accessed and interpreted by a wide range of end users at many levels of education and experience. This article explores that activity by focusing on the process of recording a damaged early medieval inscribed high cross shaft at Toureen Peacaun, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Revisualising the monument is only one aspect of the scholarly process. Renewed interpretations of cultural heritage objects in digital media provide many answers but also stimulate further challenges for humanities computing, notably, how to address the non-machine readable elements of cultural heritage data.

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Challenges in Conserving Bahal Temples of Sriwijaya Kingdom, in North Sumatra

International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology - Regular Issue ◽

10.35940/ijeat.a2700.109119 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 3619-3625

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Archaeological Sites ◽

Case Study Method ◽

Architectural Styles ◽

Heritage Buildings ◽

Material Conditions ◽

Cultural Heritage Objects ◽

North Sumatra ◽

The Temple

The archaeological sites of the Sriwijaya temple in Sumatra is an important part of a long histories of Indonesian civilization.This article examines the conservation of the Bahal temples as cultural heritage buildings that still maintains the authenticity of the form as a sacred building and can be used as a tourism object. The temples are made of bricks which are very vulnerable to the weather, open environment and visitors so that they can be a threat to the architecture and structure of the temples. Intervention is still possible if it is related to the structure and material conditions of the temples which have been alarming and predicted to cause damage and durability of the temple. This study used a case study method covering Bahal I, II and III temples, all of which are located in North Padang Lawas Regency, North Sumatra Province through observation, measurement, photograph, drawing, and interview. The three temples have similar architectural styles, structures and building details so that the reconstructive actions are also not much different. The findings of this study are the use of other types of material besides bricks and the use of different bricks to maintain the strength of the structure and shape of the building. Cultural heritage objects must be considered as shared property and become the joint responsibility of all stakeholders.

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Risk of biodeterioration of cultural heritage objects, stored in the historical and modern repositories in the Regional Museum in Rzeszow (Poland). A case study

International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation ◽

10.1016/j.ibiod.2017.05.028 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 123 ◽

pp. 46-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

D. Grabek-Lejko ◽

A. Tekiela ◽

I. Kasprzyk

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Cultural Heritage Objects

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PROBLEMS OF CLASSIFICATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE OBJECTS

Sociopolitical sciences ◽

10.33693/2223-0092-2020-10-2-158-168 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 158-168

Author(s):

SVETLANA IVANOVA ◽

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Research Work ◽

Cultural Property ◽

Cultural Inheritance ◽

Federal Laws ◽

Cultural Heritage Objects ◽

Cultural Monuments

The purpose of the research work is to analyze the norms of Federal laws, as well as the laws of the Russian Federation's constituent entities, devoted to the definitions and classification of the concepts “cultural heritage”, “historical and cultural monuments”, “cultural values”. Conclusions obtained in the course of the research: based on the study of current legislation, it is concluded that the definitions of “cultural values”, “cultural property”, “objects of cultural inheritance” contained in various normative legal acts differ in content. Based on the research, the author proposes the concept of “cultural values”.

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