Article: A new approach to locate, characterise and restore in 3D polychromy of Apollo’s temple at Delphi (4th century B. C.)
Results linked to the TRAQUER project (Innovative Action 3 of the GPR "Human Past") have been published in Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.
This publication involved several researchers from the GPR community: Vincent Baillet, Rémy Chapoulie, Bruno Dutailly, Francesca Galluzzi, and Aurélie Mounier.
Abstract
In Ancient Greece, architecture and sculpture were painted. Nevertheless, the exact appearance of the colours used to decorate buildings remains largely unknown due to lack of evidence. The Temple of Apollo at Delphi, is no exception to this process. Since its discovery in 1894, the question of polychromy has been partially studied. This situation can be explained by the difficulty of detecting colours traces directly on the ancient blocks by simple visual observation. The majority of them are imperceptible to the naked eye. This paper aims to put a exploratory methodology based on archaeometric, photogrammetric and computer analyses in order to the locate, characterize traces of polychromy that are invisible to the naked eye and to provide new data that can be used to reconstruct the architectural polychromy of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi in the late classical period.
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Vincent Baillet, Rémy Chapoulie, Bruno Dutailly, Francesca Galluzzi, Pascal Mora, Aurélie Mounier, A new approach to locate, characterise and restore in 3D polychromy of Apollo’s temple at Delphi (4th century B. C.), Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Volume 34, 2024, e00345, ISSN 2212-0548, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2024.e00345
Illustration: Partial reconstruction of colours for the crown wall-base (sekos).