Panaiotis KRUKLIDIS
(UNIFI, Firenze, Italy)
Abstract:
The increasing demand of information from non-professional people has led to evolution of the methods of representation of Cultural Heritage. Architecture and archaeology have an increasing need of specialists to enhance these contents.
The topic of this presentation is focused on the representation of Aegean settlements, particularly in Mainland Greece. We will analyze several cities of archaeological importance. Settlements have been chosen with differences between each other concerning the geographical indication and the historical-strategic importance. The selected settlements range from Mycenae to Athens, Tiryns, Pylos, etc. The reconstructed scenes are chronologically located around the XIII-XII century. B.C.
The theme of this new presentation for the Vienna Conference will proceed on two parallel concepts. On one side, there will be multimedia content video; in practice animated reconstructions of cities and their environment will be shown. On the other side, the poster, with its simplified, instant communication role, will exhibit the textually used techniques complemented by a strong graphic impact.
The video content will convey the animation of some cities. These will be represented through a distant, bird’s-eye view and there will be a perception of the movement of the camera, although the basic materials used will consist of static, heavily post-produced images. The idea is to render a dynamic effect from static images.
Methodologically, the aim is to rescue techniques used in the film industry. Among these, the matte painting was created with the purpose to convey a feeling of the environment in which the scene takes place, showing a credible background with due attention to reduced economic resources and production time. In the present case, the proposed approach is directed to popularization and teaching, with the aim to convey to the viewer a visual sensation, as faithful as possible, but without the presumption to go much into highly detailed or indisputable scientific data.
Keywords: matte painting, 3D reconstruction, digital drawing, computer graphic, ancient city