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Sizing Up David

Sizing Up David. — Michelangelo ’ s Sculptures Rendered in 3-D. TEXT. part one part two part three part four. Innovation Replicated. Many scholars believe Michelangelo was a master of innovation.

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Sizing Up David

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  1. Sizing Up David —Michelangelo’s Sculptures Rendered in 3-D

  2. TEXT • part one • part two • partthree • part four

  3. Innovation Replicated • Many scholars believe Michelangelo was a master of innovation. • To make those great treasures available to more of us, Marc Levoy, associate professor from Stanford university, developed The Digital Michelangelo Project to make 3-D computer archive of these famous sculptures. back

  4. Every inch of David • a large scanner on a 20-foot truss • a smaller scanner mounted on the end of a robotic arm • a third scanner stand back 300 feet away 14 feet,3 inches tall or 17 feet tall ? back

  5. Learning His Tricks • with the computer images, people can examine every detail • animate the sculptures to unmask some tricks back

  6. Putting the Pieces Together • Levoy hopes the research will help put the pieces of a giant map of ancient Rome together

  7. Something more • Michelangelo • Marc Levoy

  8. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. His famous works Moses David Pieta Unfinished slaves …… Michelangelo

  9. Moses • Hebrew liberator, leader, lawgiver, prophet, and historian • In the sculpture, Moses is depicted holding the tablets of the Ten Commandments

  10. David • an ancient king of Israel

  11. Pieta The Pieta (1499) is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture by the renowned artist Michelangelo Buonarroti , housed in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. It is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist. The statue was commissioned for the French cardinal Jean de Billheres , who was a representative in Rome. The statue was made for the cardinal's funeral monument, but was moved to its current location, the first chapel on the right as one enters the basilica, in the 18th century.

  12. Unfinished slaves

  13. Taddei Tondo Madonna of Bruges Dying Slave

  14. Personal data: Born in New York City ; Professor of Computer Science and (jointly) Electrical Engineering at Stanford University ; Bachelor's and Master's in Architecture from Cornell University in 1976 and 1978; PhD in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina in 1989. Marc Levoy

  15. The Digital Michelangelo Project The logo The team

  16. Thanks for your listening!

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