[sotd] September 11, 2002 [Museum of Reconstructions]
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- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 00:28:54 -0300
Site of the Day for Wednesday, September 11, 2002
The Museum of Reconstructions
The List offers a website to provide a moment of respite for its gentle
members. This site, a collaboration of Princeton University, the Greek
Ministry of Culture and the Museum, provides images which attempt to
recreate in exacting and accurate detail magnificent ancient structures.
"Traditional museums have collected and studied the shattered remains of
ancient cultures for centuries. Now The Museum of Reconstructions (MOR) is
advancing the scientific study of art history by reconstructing ruined
masterpieces using three-dimensional modeling technology. Developed in
collaboration with leading archaeologists, MOR reconstructions incorporate
all known information concerning the original state of a site and include
dimensionally accurate 3D computer models based on existing publications
and physical surveys. The accuracy and completeness of the reconstructions
makes it possible to scientifically study the intended visual effect of
ruined masterpieces of art." - from the website
The site is less than ideally designed. From the "Welcome" page, the
"Exhibition" link on the left will take visitors to the Mnesicles'
Propylaia exhibit, the first in a planned series of digital reconstructions
of the ancient Athenian Acropolis. The exhibit would benefit from a graphic
overview of the "Sacred Road". The Mnesicles' Propylaia, "or entrance
gateway of the Athenian Acropolis was one of the most innovative and
renowned buildings of Classical Antiquity" and its digital recreations are
stunningly beautiful.
Journey to the website to discover breathtaking images of ancient Greece
architecture at:
http://www.reconstructions.org/
A.M. Holm
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