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

Jassim Happa; Mark Williams; Glen Turley; Graeme P. Earl; Piotr Dubla; Gareth Beale; Gregory J. Gibbons; Kurt  Debattista; Alan Chalmers

doi:10.1145/1503454.1503456

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

Jassim Happa, Mark Williams, Glen Turley, Graeme P. Earl, Piotr Dubla, Gareth Beale, Gregory J. Gibbons, Kurt Debattista, Alan Chalmers

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	AFRIGRAPH 2009
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa
Publisher	ACM Press
Pages	5-12
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781605584287
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1503454.1503456
Publication status	Published - 4 Feb 2009
Event	6th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa - , South Africa Duration: 4 Feb 2009 → 6 Feb 2009

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Conference	6th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa
Abbreviated title	AFRIGRAPH '09
Country/Territory	South Africa
Period	4/02/09 → 6/02/09

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Happa, J., Williams, M., Turley, G., Earl, G. P., Dubla, P., Beale, G., Gibbons, G. J., Debattista, K., & Chalmers, A. (2009). Virtual relighting of a Roman statue head from Herculaneum: A case study. In AFRIGRAPH 2009: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa (pp. 5-12). ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/1503454.1503456

Virtual relighting of a Roman statue head from Herculaneum: A case study. / Happa, Jassim; Williams, Mark; Turley, Glen et al.
AFRIGRAPH 2009: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa. ACM Press, 2009. p. 5-12.

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Happa, J, Williams, M, Turley, G, Earl, GP, Dubla, P, Beale, G, Gibbons, GJ, Debattista, K & Chalmers, A 2009, Virtual relighting of a Roman statue head from Herculaneum: A case study. in AFRIGRAPH 2009: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa. ACM Press, pp. 5-12, 6th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa, South Africa, 4/02/09. https://doi.org/10.1145/1503454.1503456

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