The article focuses on the enhancement of religious cultural heritage in its original context, taking the Arca di San Domenico as a case study. Moreover, it offers a hypothesis identifying the digital as the most suitable tool for the enhancement of the artwork. Specifically, digital enhancement has been implemented as a Web site prototype, L’Arca di San Domenico Digital, which seeks to promote the work online, as well as being useful during the on-site visit. If used properly, the digital can guarantee effective mediation of the historical-artistic contents without impacting the spiritual function of the shrine by excessively musealizing its chapel.
Challenges and Opportunities for the Digital Enhancement of Religious Cultural Heritage: A Proposal for the Arca di San Domenico in Bologna / Macaluso, Melissa. - In: MIMESIS JOURNAL. - ISSN 2279-7203. - 13:2(2024), pp. 199-213. (Intervento presentato al convegno DRHA: Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts 2023 tenutosi a Torino) [10.13135/2389-6086/9979].
Challenges and Opportunities for the Digital Enhancement of Religious Cultural Heritage: A Proposal for the Arca di San Domenico in Bologna
Melissa Macaluso
2024
Abstract
The article focuses on the enhancement of religious cultural heritage in its original context, taking the Arca di San Domenico as a case study. Moreover, it offers a hypothesis identifying the digital as the most suitable tool for the enhancement of the artwork. Specifically, digital enhancement has been implemented as a Web site prototype, L’Arca di San Domenico Digital, which seeks to promote the work online, as well as being useful during the on-site visit. If used properly, the digital can guarantee effective mediation of the historical-artistic contents without impacting the spiritual function of the shrine by excessively musealizing its chapel.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
