Virtual 3D State Models of the West Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia

Deploying Cultural Heritage Online

Authors

  • Zackary Hegarty
  • András Patay-Horváth Eötvös Loránd University / ELKH Institute of Archaeology

Keywords:

Cultural Heritage, Olympia, Greece, Photogrammetry, Sculpture, Virtual Heritage

Abstract

This study has created state models of the original sculptures from the west pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia as displayed in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. It also seeks to provide the first 3D, digital models of these sculptures publicly available for research. This work was completed using photogrammetric methods and readied for presentation online at The Digital Sculpture Project published by Virtual World Heritage Laboratory.

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Patay-Horváth, A. (2008). Metallanstückungen in der archaischen und klassischen griechischen Skulptur. Rahden/Westf: Marie Leidorf.

Patay-Horváth, A. (2014). ‘Visualizing the History and Analyzing the Sculptural Decoration of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia in Virtual Reality’, Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry (Rhodes), 14(4), pp. 45–54.

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Published

2025-01-09

Conference Proceedings Volume

Vol. 26 No. Preview (2021): Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies 2021

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Short Papers

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