This paper focuses on digitally-supported research methods for an important group of cultural heritage objects, the Greek pottery, especially with figured decoration. The design, development and application of new digital methods for searching, comparing, and visually exploring these vases needs an interdisciplinary approach to effectively analyse the various features of the vases, like shape, decoration, and manufacturing techniques, and relationships between the vases. We motivate the need and opportunities by a multimodal representation of the objects, including 3D shape, material, and painting. We then illustrate a range of innovative methods for these representations, including quantified surface and capacity comparison, material analysis, image flattening from 3D objects, retrieval and comparison of shapes and paintings, and multidimensional data visualization. We also discuss challenges and future work in this area.

翻译：本文聚焦于一组重要的文化遗产对象——希腊陶器，特别是带有图案装饰的陶器，的数字化支持研究方法。设计、开发和应用新的数字化方法来搜索、比较和视觉探索这些陶器，需要跨学科方法以有效分析陶器的各种特征，如形状、装饰及制作技术，以及陶器之间的关系。我们通过对象的多模态表征（包括3D形状、材料和绘画）来阐明需求和机遇。随后，我们阐释了一系列针对这些表征的创新方法，包括量化表面与容量比较、材料分析、基于3D对象的图像展平、形状与绘画的检索与比较，以及多维数据可视化。我们还讨论了该领域的挑战与未来工作。