Descrição da forma do mobiliário de interesse patrimonial: desde o textual ao modelo digital

Abstract

The present work arises from the interest in broadening the information about furniture which belongs to the collection of a museological institution. This kind of information, in the studied case, is organized from catalographic filing cards, making use of a language which is essentially textual. From experiments on digital graphic representation, the acquisition of digital models and the possibility of virtual decomposition of the furniture, a detailed study of the geometrical shape and the composing rules of the elements were promoted, thus promoting comparisons and connections between different types of furniture. The results allow advances in recognizing and explicating the Associations between the specific geometries and the stylistic tendencies of the furniture in question, establishing a knowledge construction process about the subject, and, consequently broadening the information regarding the museum collection.