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ETRUSKERNA i 3D: the exhibition "Etruscans in Europe" lands in Stockholm

03/02/2012 19:10

(m.l.) Second international stop of the "Etruscans in Europe" exhibition. After the successful inauguration in Brussels (over 25,000 visitors in 6 months) and the display at the Museo delle Scienze di Trento (Science Museum of Trento), the exhibit, organized by the associazione Historia (Historia assotiation) of Viterbo in collaboration with the 3DOM unit of the Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Bruno Kessler Foundation), will be arriving at the Medelhavs Museet (Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities) of Stockholm. 

From February 11 until September 2 2012 visitors will be able to travel along the halls of the museum of the Swedish capital dedicated to the discovery of the Etruscans who lived in Italy between the ninth and the second centuries b.C. in the contemporary regions of Tuscany and Lazio.

Videos, animations and 2D and 3D big screen images narrate the world of the Etruscans in its various components (the towns, the cemeteries, the banquet, the woman, war, the writing, religion, etc). Visitors will also be able to visit the hypogeal tombs and their paintings, which usually are not open to the public, fotographed and 3D modeled.

Significant funding in support of this initiative by Historia and the Bruno Kessler Foundation came from the Tuscany Region Agency, the Umbria Region Agency. with an additional contribution by the Town of Tarquinia (UNESCO Heritage site), for the promotion of the Etruscan land during the seven months in which the exhibit will stay in Stockholm.

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The survey and three-dimensional modelation (3D) of the Etruscan tombs and objects were produced by the  3DOM (3D Optical Metrology) Unit at the Bruno Kessler Foundation in Trento.
3D models are viewed both mono- and stereoscopically and 3D animations can be appreciated thanks to anaglyph glasses (bi-color), a technology which allows an “immersive” experience in the etruscan hypogeums. Surveys and 3D modelations allowed the production of a high resolution “color photocopy” of the finds. Besides having a high resemblance with the original, the gathering of digital information relating to wall, ceiling and floor surfaces allows to preserve important Unesco sites, to study specific renovation and conservation policies, and to produce an accurate reproduction in any place and time. 

More information:

> FBK-3DOM research Unit

>  Associazione Historia

>  Medelhavs Museet (Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities) di Stoccolma