A framework for virtual artifacts: Digital images as teaching tools in classical art

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A framework for virtual artifacts: Digital images as teaching tools in classical art

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This thesis explores the problem of how to present digital images of ancient artifacts in a manner that supports the task of visual analysis. The real object presents the "truth”: exact scale, colour, and fine details. An original work of art provides the viewer with the opportunity to react directly with the object, is closest to the impact intended by the artist, and provides a tangible physical link with the past. Digital images limit and alter the experience of a work of art (1) with rega...

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Research paper

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2004-01

Creator

Rountree, Janet

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/1473

Related subjects

digital images / ancient artifacts / visual analysis / resolution / interpretation / mediation / Fidelio-Mediation framework / Classical archaeology / Fidelity-Mediation framework

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