Kim O., Moor V., Zherebyatyev D.I. —
Virtual Reconstruction of Dominant Historical Buildings in Moscow’s Bely Gorod (16th-18th Centuries)
// Historical informatics. – 2020. – ¹ 2.
– P. 100 - 134.
DOI: 10.7256/2585-7797.2020.2.33447
URL: https://en.e-notabene.ru/istinf/article_33447.html
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Abstract: The history of medieval Moscow has been attracting attention of researchers for many years. Huge bulk of data accumulated needs to be systematized and summarized. These can be done by means of digital technologies. A method of this study is the creation of virtual reconstructions of the urban landscape: 3D-models of the historical relief, the urban environment and particular buildings. The article describes the source base of the visual reconstruction of historical buildings of Moscow Bely Gorod in the 16th-18th centuries, characterizes different types of sources both written and visual (graphic, pictorial ones as well as photographs). The authors analyze the relationship between the type of sources and the 3D model reliability. A separate part of the article describes a method for obtaining full-scale data on partially preserved objects that is 3D scanning and aerial photography technology which uses modern technical means (a laser scanner and a copter). As examples of 3D models created by different methods, the article reconstructs three objects that were the architectural dominants of the eastern part of Bely Gorod. These are the Church of Vladimir in Starykh Sadekh (the 17th-18th centuries), the old cathedral of the Moscow Ivanovskiy Monastery (the 16th-18th centuries) and the Palaty of Princess N.S. Shcherbatova with the individual church named after the Kazan Holy Mother in Podkolokolnyi Bystreet (the late 17th-middle 18th centuries).