Abstract
The paper gives an overview of a two-years project concerning a major monument of ancient Greek art and presents the interactive, bilingual (English/Hungarian) CD-ROM, which is intended to summarize and visualize its final results. The presented project approaches a century-old controversy in a new way by producing a virtual 3D reconstruction of a monumental marble group. Digital models of the statues were produced by scanning the original fragments and by reconstructing them virtually. The virtual model of the pediment surrounding the sculptures was prepared on the basis of the latest architectural studies and afterwards the reconstructed models were inserted in this frame, in order to test the technical feasibility and aesthetic effects the four possible arrangements. The resulting models enable easy and very instructive experimentation, which would be otherwise impossible with the originals and/or very expensive and not very practicable with traditional tools (e.g. real-size plaster models). The complete model can effectively be used to verify the results of earlier or more recent reconstructions presented only in simple drawings. In addition, the 3D models of the individual fragments can be used for further research and for visualization. The documentary CD-ROM presenting the full background, the methods and the conclusions of the project contains beside a comprehensive text various kinds of supporting documents (images, 3D models, papers, broadcasts, audiovisual material). It is addressed to a mixed audience: a picture gallery, a short documentary movie some other attachments including a selected bibliography is intended for the general public, but scholarly publications, presentations on related problems are also included for specialists interested in certain details.
Highlights
1.1 The subjectThe temple of Zeus at Olympia was built in the first half of the 5th century B.C
The most recent debate has started with a series of publications by the author [8, 9, 10, 11] and concerns the interpretation of the east pediment, which involves the problematic issue of the correct reconstruction of this group as well
The 3D models of the individual fragments can be used for e.g. to visualize the reconstruction of the lost metal attachments of the statues, or they can be inserted in a virtual 3D model of the entire temple
Summary
The temple of Zeus at Olympia was built in the first half of the 5th century B.C. (ca. 475–455). The temple of Zeus at Olympia was built in the first half of the 5th century B.C. Most of them are quite well preserved and are depicted in practically every handbook on Greek art or on ancient art in general. The sculptures of the temple in general and the fragments of the east pediment (Figure 1) in particular have been thoroughly studied since their discovery in the 1ŘŘ0‟s, but they still pose some important questions, as indicated by the growing number of monographs and scholarly articles related to them [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]. The most recent debate has started with a series of publications by the author [8, 9, 10, 11] and concerns the interpretation of the east pediment, which involves the problematic issue of the correct reconstruction of this group as well
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