Title :
On the Presentation of Byzantine Art in Virtual Environments
Author :
Voutounos, Chrysanthos ; Lanitis, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Multimedia & Graphic Arts, Cyprus Univ. of Technol., Lemesos, Cyprus
Abstract :
This paper deals with a main theoretical research question which asks how to best represent Byzantine art in virtual environments. The two options of photo realistic and non photo realistic rendering are researched in the background of topics related to digital reproduction of Byzantine art, Byzantine art aesthetics and system evaluation studies in order to derive appropriate design methodologies according to the scopes set. The problem is studied within the framework of developing a Byzantine virtual museum that aims to represent the authentic expressivity of Byzantine artifacts of a real Byzantine art museum located in a UNESCO World Heritage Site - the Monastery of St John Lampadistis.
Keywords :
art; history; museums; rendering (computer graphics); virtual reality; Byzantine art aesthetics; Byzantine art presentation; Byzantine virtual museum; Monastery of St John Lampadistis; UNESCO World Heritage Site; authentic expressivity; photorealistic rendering; system evaluation; virtual environments; Art; Cultural differences; Multimedia communication; Rendering (computer graphics); Virtual environments; Visualization; Byzantine art; non photorealistic rendering; photorealistic; system evaluation; virtual heritage;
Conference_Titel :
Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-GAMES), 2011 Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0316-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4419-9
DOI :
10.1109/VS-GAMES.2011.34
