Sizing Up DavidSizing Up David——Michelangelo’s Sculptures Rendered Michelangelo’s Sculptures Rendered

in 3-Din 3-D

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Innovation Innovation ReplicatedReplicated

• Many scholars believe MichelangeloMichelangelo was a master of innovation.

• To make those great treasures available to more of us, Marc LevoyMarc Levoy, associate professor from Stanford university, developed The Digital MichelangelThe Digital Michelangelo Projecto Project to make 3-D computer archive of these famous sculptures.

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Every inch of Every inch of DavidDavid• 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

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14 feet,3 inches tall

or 17 feet tall ?

Learning His Learning His TricksTricks

• with the computer images, people can examine every detail

• animate the sculptures to unmask some tricks

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Putting the Pieces Putting the Pieces TogetherTogether

• Levoy hopes the research will help put the pieces of a giant map of ancient Rome together

Something moreSomething more MichelangeloMichelangelo Marc Marc LevoyLevoy

MichelangeloMichelangeloMichelangelo di Lodo

vico 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• …………

MosesMoses Hebrew liberator, leader,Hebrew liberator, leader,

lawgiver, prophet, and historianlawgiver, prophet, and historian In the sculpture, Moses is In the sculpture, Moses is

depicted holding the tabletsdepicted holding the tablets

of the Ten Commandmentsof the Ten Commandments

DavidDavid

an ancient king an ancient king

of Israelof Israel

PietaPietaThe The PietaPieta (1499) is a masterpiece of (1499) is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture by the renowRenaissance sculpture by the renowned artist ned artist Michelangelo BuonarrotiMichelangelo Buonarroti , , housed in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatihoused in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. It is the first of a number of can City. It is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artiworks of the same theme by the artist. The statue was commissioned fost. The statue was commissioned for the French cardinal Jean de Billherr the French cardinal Jean de Billheres , who was a representative in Roes , who was a representative in Rome. The statue was made for the carme. The statue was made for the cardinal's funeral monument, but was dinal's funeral monument, but was moved to its current location, the firmoved to its current location, the first chapel on the right as one enters st chapel on the right as one enters the basilica, in the 18th century. the basilica, in the 18th century.

Unfinished slavesUnfinished slaves

Dying Slave

Taddei Tondo

Madonna of Bruges

Marc LevoyMarc Levoy• Personal data: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.

The Digital Michelangelo ProjectThe Digital Michelangelo Project

The teamThe team

The logoThe logo

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