Expansion of Collection Online in 3D and extension of the digital archive

This project set itself the goal to strengthen the existing expertise in the field of digitization by starting with the 3D modelling of sculptural objects on the one side and by making parts of the extensive and scientifically valuable archive of Fritz Wotruba digitally accessible for the public on the other side. 

For the creation of 3D models, the method of photogrammetry is applied in order to achieve the best results in terms of textures. The selection of artworks represents the collection of the Belvedere as good as possible and thus covers 800 years of Austrian art history. This results in a wide variety of materials and surfaces that present a challenge for the creation of the 3D models, but should also enable, if the photogrammetric capabilities allow it, provide a rich and broad range of experiences for this digitization efforts. 

Correspondence with prominent personalities and texts and notes by the artist himself were chosen from the written Fritz and Lucy Wotruba estate. All these archival documents will provide unknown research materials with regard to academic discourses on the European cultural situation of the post-war years with the problem fields of continuity, consolidation versus new beginning.

This digitization project was enabled by generous funding of the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport in the funding program Cultural Heritage (BMKOES).