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Wired! A Seminar in Art History

 Trinity College undergraduates Umberto Plaja, Akara Lee, Catherine Stanley with graduate student Elizabeth Baudoin:

"This seminar explores how the results of research in the humanities can be expressed using new visual technologies. We consider how to record and communicate complex sets of visual and physical data from historical buildings and archaeological sites, and develop new methods of interpretation and representation. Students are introduced to techniques for the presentation of visual material through a series of interpretive and reconstructive technologies, with an emphasis on clarity of representation and effective visual design. We utilize two test cases as study materials: the archaeological site of Aphrodisias in Turkey (Dillon), which has produced extensive sculptural and architectural remains, and two Franciscan sites in the area of Naples (Bruzelius). Students will work directly with artifacts in the Nasher Museum to explore relations between 3D models and material objects. Students are expected to design, produce and present a final project."

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