copying Caligula
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Watch a video of the main stages in the creation of a replica of the marble sculpture of Caligula's head (approximately 1 min 30 sec).
The copied head painted as it may have looked originally. Image copyright of Ny Carlsberg Glypotek. |
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The video includes:
- the original head, with a detail of the polychromy around the left eye and ear
- laser scanning the head (note the red laser light moving down the surface of the marble)
- 3D data from the laser scanning - the point cloud gathered by the scanning process is shown in purple, whilst the wire-mesh is shown in white
- the CNC machining of the head from a new block of marble
- a comparison of the copy and the original, following hand finishing, the copy standing on a wooden base
credits
3d scanning and hand finishing:
- Conservation Technologies, National Museums Liverpool
machining:
- The Hothouse, Stoke on Trent
reconstruction of colour:
exhibition
The coloured replica head has been displayed at:
- the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek in Munich as part of an exhibition entitled 'Bunte Götter' ('Painted Gods')
- the Glyptotek in Copenhagen as a part of an exhibition entitled 'ClassiColor' ('Colour in Antique Sculpture')
- at 'Il Colore del Bianco', Musei Vaticani, Rome, from November 2004 to February 2005.
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