Pictorial space is the 3-D impression that one obtains when looking 'into' a 2-D picture. One is aware of 3-D 'opaque' objects. 'Pictorial reliefs' are the surfaces of such pictorial objects in 'pictorial space'. Photographs (or any pictures) do in no way fully specify physical scenes. Rather, any photograph is compatible with an infinite number of possible scenes that may be called 'metameric ...

this paper studies two ancient seasonal festivals which were celebrated on summer and winter solstices. because of misconceptions regarding sasanian calendar, these two festivals, known as ābrīzgān and āḍarjašn, have remained unnoticed in modern researches. a sound interpretation of the old iranian calendar as described by biruni would uncover the true character of these festivals. this paper d...

abstract reliefs are one the most important archaeological evidences to elucidate vague facts of previous cultures. this tradition has a long history in iran`s culture that revitalized in qajarians in different parts of iran, there are forty seven reliefs with engraved decoration in stone collection of taq-i-bustan, too. so far, no report or newsletter about qajarian reliefs in taq-i-bustan col...

Abstract The famous tomb of Petosiris (a high priest Thoth) in the Tuna al Gebel necropolis on outskirts Middle Egyptian town Hermopolis Magna is dated by last quarter 4th c. bc . pictorial program tomb, decorated with painted reliefs, has no known parallels Ptolemaic art. In terms iconography and style reliefs rely both Greek artistic traditions. This study attempts to trace elements so-called...

The present paper deals with a description and classification of the Achaemenid short sword akinakes. akinakes was most probably influenced by Scythians or Sakas. Hence, provides brief discussion on other types as well. There were longer examples used Scythians, but archaeological also their depictions stone reliefs tend to depict swords. Stone in Persepolis, Apadana, Persian sites show two One...

Segmentation of geometric reliefs from a textured background has various applications in reverse engineering. We consider two approaches to solve this problem. The first classifies parts of a surface mesh as relief or background, and then uses a snake which moves inwards towards the desired relief boundary, which is coarsely located using an energy based on the classification. The second approa...

Bas-relief is a form of sculpture where carved or chiseled forms protrude partially and shallowly from the background. Occupying an intermediate place between painting and full 3D sculpture, bas-relief sculpture exploits properties of human visual perception in order to maintain perceptually salient 3D information. In this paper, we present two methods for automatic bas-relief generation from 3...