Bacci, G.; Bozzola, M.; Gaiani, M.; Garagnani, S. Novel Paradigms in the Cultural Heritage Digitization with Self and Custom-Built Equipment. Heritage2023, 6, 6422-6451.
Bacci, G.; Bozzola, M.; Gaiani, M.; Garagnani, S. Novel Paradigms in the Cultural Heritage Digitization with Self and Custom-Built Equipment. Heritage 2023, 6, 6422-6451.
Bacci, G.; Bozzola, M.; Gaiani, M.; Garagnani, S. Novel Paradigms in the Cultural Heritage Digitization with Self and Custom-Built Equipment. Heritage2023, 6, 6422-6451.
Bacci, G.; Bozzola, M.; Gaiani, M.; Garagnani, S. Novel Paradigms in the Cultural Heritage Digitization with Self and Custom-Built Equipment. Heritage 2023, 6, 6422-6451.
Abstract
The emergence of new methodologies and tools for digitizing objects belonging to the Cultural Heritage (CH) changed the paradigms adopted so far. Traditionally, the process to acquire artifacts required specialized and often costly equipment tailored to specific purposes. However, the development of more generalized, adaptable, and affordable tools led to novel approaches. This manuscript provides a glimpse into the evolving landscape of custom-made tools for digital documentation, both hardware and software, and their transformative impact on the digitization techniques, built to meet requirements of specific case studies, including ancient drawings, manuscripts, paintings, and museum objects. The advent of self-built instruments has revolutionized the way professionals work today, by leveraging a new generation of low-cost, adaptable gears, leading to unprecedented flexibility and efficiency, while facilitating the capture of high-quality digital representations of objects with minimal damage and preserving their integrity. The outcomes of instruments and tools specifically produced for the contexts described in this paper highlight their potential for promoting interdisciplinary collaboration, facilitating scholarly research, enhancing conservation efforts, and fostering cultural exchange. Ultimately, this research contributes to illustrate how custom software, in combination with recent devices such as smartphones and 3D printers, underscores the importance of adopting these innovative approaches to generate an ecosystem of tools and methods able to preserve, document, and promote the richness of our collective past for future generations.
Keywords
Artifacts digitization; Paintings digitization; Drawings digitization; custom-made instruments; 3D printing; photometric stereo; digital photogrammetry; 2D capture instruments; 3D capture instruments
Subject
Arts and Humanities, Art
Copyright:
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