Digital enhancement of deteriorated and superimposed pigment art: methods and case studies

Liam Brady, Robert Gunn

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Abstract

A key challenge in rock art research has involved developing methods to assist in recovering and documenting deteriorated and superimposed pigment art. The " digital revolution " has played a crucial role in this endeavor as it has brought many new and innovative ways of seeing and recording rock art. In this chapter, we examine the methods and results generated from using computer enhancement techniques. Given the potential of these techniques to shed light on aspects of assemblages that may have been missed using conventional recording strategies, we argue that these techniques must now form an integral component of recording methodologies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Companion to Rock Art
EditorsJo McDonald, Peter Veth
Place of PublicationOxford
PublisherBlackwell Publishing
Pages625-643
Number of pages19
ISBN (Print)9781444334241
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Jul 2012

Publication series

NameBlackwell Companions to Anthropology

Keywords

  • "digital revolution" using computer enhancement techniques
  • Computer-aided image enhancement, recording/preserving of rock art
  • Context of pigment art, digital in recovery of deteriorated, damaged imagery
  • Decorrelation Stretch, or DStretch©, artificial highlighting of colors
  • Digital enhancement of deteriorated and superimposed pigment art
  • Digital technology, in color correction or faded imagery reconstitution
  • Enhancing pigment art using Photoshop©, identifying faded/deteriorated colors
  • Parietal art and methods in recording, date sites and pictures
  • Photographic enhancement of pigment art, recovering deteriorated motifs
  • Rock art in the digital age, Torres Strait, patterns of inter-regional interaction

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