Pergamon Altar
The Pergamon Altar (Ancient Greek: Βωμός τῆς Περγάμου) is a monumental construction built
during the reign of king Eumenes II in the first half of the 2nd century BC on
one of the terraces of the acropolis of the ancient Greek city of Pergamon in
Asia Minor.
The structure is 35.64 metres wide and
33.4 metres deep; the front stairway alone is almost 20 metres wide. The base
is decorated with a frieze in high relief showing the battle between the Giants
and the Olympian gods known as the Gigantomachy. There is a second, smaller and
less well-preserved high relief frieze on the inner court walls which surround
the actual fire altar on the upper level of the structure at the top of the
stairs. In a set of consecutive scenes, it depicts events from the life of Telephus,
legendary founder of the city of Pergamon and son of the hero Heracles and
Auge, one of Tegean king Aleus's daughters.
The Pergamon Altar (Ancient Greek: Βωμός τῆς Περγάμου) is a monumental construction built
during the reign of king Eumenes II in the first half of the 2nd century BC on
one of the terraces of the acropolis of the ancient Greek city of Pergamon in
Asia Minor.
The structure is 35.64 metres wide and
33.4 metres deep; the front stairway alone is almost 20 metres wide. The base
is decorated with a frieze in high relief showing the battle between the Giants
and the Olympian gods known as the Gigantomachy. There is a second, smaller and
less well-preserved high relief frieze on the inner court walls which surround
the actual fire altar on the upper level of the structure at the top of the
stairs. In a set of consecutive scenes, it depicts events from the life of Telephus,
legendary founder of the city of Pergamon and son of the hero Heracles and
Auge, one of Tegean king Aleus's daughters.
3D Model of the Pergamon Altar
The Masterplan Museumsinsel details the modernisation of the Pergamonmuseum, which began in 2013. The scan forms the basis for the 3D model of the Pergamon Altar.
The scanning process took place during a
period of two weeks before the closure of the hall under the leadership of
Pedro Santos, head of the Department for the Digitalization of Cultural
Heritage at the Fraunhofer IGD. During the first week, the researchers from the
Fraunhofer Institut worked together with the Berlin museums to devise a plan of
action. Over the course of the second week Santos and his colleagues spent
their days creating a photogrammetric record of the 113-metre-long gigantomachy
frieze. At night they surveyed the entire hall including all friezes and
colonnades using 3D laser scanners. The digital survey was completed on the
last day the hall was open, 29 September 2014.
Sources:
www.smb.museum
wikipedia.org
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