Blanton VASE is a collaborative initiative between the UT Austin faculty, PhD Students and the Blanton Museum of Art, aimed at capturing and disseminating 3D models of Greek Vases in permanent storage using LiDAR and photogrammetric imaging technology. The collection of Greek vases housed at the Blanton spans a wide range of periods, typologies, and regionalities, providing an invaluable teaching tool for the public, and especially for undergraduate students looking to explore ancient ceramics. Considering this, Blanton VASE was established to present this collection to classrooms and students around the world through virtual and printed 3D models, while immersing vases within their wider cultural and temporal contexts.
This project developed during a graduate seminar titled “Digital Approaches to
Classical
Antiquity” in the Fall 2025 and materialized through efforts of Adam
Rabinowitz and a group of PhD students from that class. We are deeply grateful for the generous
support and contributions from our partnering individuals and organizations listed below.
Project
Team:
Contributors:
This website uses legacy materials developed for a museum exhibit and online companion hosted by the
Blanton for several years starting in 2009. The following groups and individuals were responsible for the
generation of those materials.
Nassos Papalexandrou, UT Austin Art History
The students in a
graduate seminar on Greek vase-painting co-taught by Papalexandrou and Rabinowitz in the spring of 2008
(text and image content)
Video production by Viewlio (legacy
videos)
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