scholarly journals Application of shearography and the percussion method for the structural inspection of wall paintings: a case study of St. Christopher in Maria Church, Nisse

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Gatto ◽  
Andrei Anisimov ◽  
Wouter Lettinga ◽  
Nan Tao ◽  
Merel Van Schrojenstein Lantman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wall Paintings ◽  
Structural Inspection

Late Roman Iconography and Style

2021 ◽  
pp. 199-221
Author(s):  
Susanna McFadden
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Fourth Century ◽  
Wall Paintings ◽  
Work Of Art ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Church ◽  
Late Roman

Discussions of late Roman style and iconography sometimes tend to emphasize the liminality of visual culture in late antiquity; monuments representative of the period such as the Arch of Constantine are neither fully “classical” nor “medieval” in their form and content; hence, the instinct to compare its style and iconography with that of the past or future monuments is hard to resist. The result of this lure to dichotomize is often a focus on what a late Roman work of art is not, rather than what it is (i.e., how an artwork or monument functions in its contemporary moment). This chapter therefore presents the wall paintings from the late third- to early fourth-century domus underneath the Church of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo on the Caelian Hill in Rome as a case study of a particular moment in late Roman visuality so as to better understand how engagements with iconography and style in the context of the late Roman home activate “modern” meanings and experiences.

REPRESENTING, OBJECTIFYING, AND FRAMING THE BODY AT LATE BRONZE AGE KNOSSOS

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELLEN ADAMS
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
The Body ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Wall Paintings ◽  
Human Form ◽  
The World

Abstract This paper explores how the human form is depicted, objectified and contextualized, in order to clarify the complex relationship between ‘representation’ and ‘reality’, and to investigate the various ways the body is bounded. Part one argues that objectification is not always a passive process, but that the body is deliberately presented to the world to be observed and evaluated. Part two focuses on the configuration of bodily boundaries, and how the body is framed, for example, by clothing, architecture and the mortuary context. The wealth and range of evidence (wall paintings, seals and sealings, figurines, stone vases and burials) render Knossos an excellent case study for this approach. This paper asks not who the Knossians were, in terms of identity and ethnicity, but rather how they wanted to be presented to the world and each other.

scholarly journals INTEGRATING HETEROGENEOUS DATASETS IN HBIM OF DECORATED SURFACES

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W15 ◽  
pp. 981-988 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Reina Ortiz ◽  
C. Yang ◽  
A. Weigert ◽  
A. Dhanda ◽  
A. Min ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Wall Painting ◽  
Wall Paintings ◽  
Dimensional Approach ◽  
Building Information Model ◽  
Heterogeneous Datasets ◽  
Building Information ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Opening Up

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> There are multiple conservation challenges related to decorated surfaces, the majority are intimately linked to its documentation. This paper draws on wall paintings as a representative of decorated surfaces, arguing the importance of considering its fourthdimensionality &amp;ndash; space and time &amp;ndash; in its conservation and documentation. To that end, we propose the use of Building Information Model (BIM) as a platform to consolidate this approach together with various documentation techniques used for the conservation and management of wall paintings. This paper exemplifies this method with a case study of Myin-pya-gu Temple in Old Bagan (Myanmar); firstly, reviewing the different techniques used to document the temple and wall painting (photography, photogrammetry, laser scanning, reflectance transformation imaging (RTI); and secondly, discussing the data integration within a BIM environment. This position proposes a transition from a two-dimensional to a four-dimensional approach in wall painting conservation, potentially opening up possibilities of documentation, monitoring, simulation, or dissemination. Ultimately, the case study of Myin-pya-gu has the objective to introduce the use of HBIM as a platform for consolidating the documentation of decorated surfaces.</p>

scholarly journals Digital Payment: A Case Study with Respect to India

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Dr. Pradipta Mukhopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Indirect Method ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Wall Paintings ◽  
Payment Systems ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The World ◽  
Standard Value

In its earliest form, Commerce was a system of trading of one item or service for another. Ancient wall paintings and manuscripts show that humans long ago was engaged in trading animal skins and meat for other services and goods. Thereafter gradually the idea of currency emerged and in primitive societies people used shells or beads as money. Then with the advancement of metallurgy, Gold and silver coins became the standard of exchange around 500 B.C and we see that in Mesopotamia and Egypt, gold bars were used as cash but they had to be measured each time a trade was made. Thereafter we see that as both gold and silver coins had a standard value throughout the globe it helped in trade between countries. Thereafter with the development of the societies throughout the world better systems of settling transactions developed which led to the development and acceptance of modern day digital payment systems for settling transactions. In this paper we will study in details the advantages and disadvantages of adopting digital payment systems and how it had gone to help in development of India. The present study has been exploratory, casual and empirical in nature and the data needed for research work has been collected by using both direct and indirect method of data collection.

scholarly journals A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR MULTI-SCALE DOCUMENTATION OF DECORATED SURFACE

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W15 ◽  
pp. 973-980
Author(s):  
M. Reina Ortiz ◽  
A. Weigert ◽  
A. Dhanda ◽  
C. Yang ◽  
K. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Exchange ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Wall Paintings ◽  
Direct Relation ◽  
Unique Case ◽  
Supporting Structure ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Basic Level

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Wall paintings are a unique case of decorated surfaces because of its direct relation to the supporting structure. This paper points out the importance of considering the conservation of wall paintings from its fourth-dimensionality&amp;ndash;surface (2D), depth (3D), and time (4D) &amp;ndash; and taking into account three different scales&amp;ndash;surface, building, and territory. The relationship between these three scales becomes significant with a case study of three temples: Loka-hteik-pan, Myin-pya-gu, and Kubyauk-nge, in the context of Old Bagan (Myanmar), where more than 2,500 temples with valuable wall paintings exist. To that end, firstly, different documentation techniques and management methods are reviewed for each of the scales proposed; secondly, a multi-scale documentation project, mostly unexplored within the context of wall paintings, is developed using BIM and GIS. Ultimately, the case study in Old Bagan proposes a comprehensive methodology to document and manage wall paintings that belong to a large group of heritage assets considering its four-dimensionality at multiple scales, addressing the interoperability at a basic level between: (1) surface and building, (2) building and territory, and (3) surface and territory. The objective is to create data exchange among different platforms and users, generating a collaborative instrument that evolves with the participation of different specialists.</p>

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