CENOBIUM Cultural Electronic Network Online: Binding Up Interoperably Usable Multimedia

CENOBIUM project is a multimedia presentation of Romanesque cloister capitals from the Mediterranean region. High-resolution digital photographs, 3-D models, and panoramas will virtually link the capitals to their original surroundings, thus representing them within their original architectural and conceptual contexts. The cloister of Monreale is the starting point of this project, which combines classical and innovative methods of Art History with the latest in multimedia data technology. The paper describes the different acquisition and documentation; it also outlines the main components of the system which will allow the user to virtually explore the cloister.