The Digital Michelangelo Project
Executive overview
Outline of talk
Scanners used in the Digital Michelangelo Project
Laser triangulation scanner customized for large statues
Scanning St. Matthew
Our scan of St. Matthew
PPT Slide
Post-processing pipeline
Artificial surface reflectance
Estimated diffuse reflectance
Scanning the David
Statistics about the scan
Head of Michelangelo’s David
David’s hairline and right eye
David’s left eye
Model of Galleria dell’Accademia
Computer representations of architectural objects
Light field rendering
A light field is an array of images
Our planned light field of the Medici Chapel
What got in the way of this plan
Acquiring a light field of Michelangelo’s statue of Night
Sample image from center slab
Statistics about the light field
Implications of 3D scanning on the viewing of art
Flexible viewpoint
Flexible lighting
Flexible shading
natural coloring
accessibility shading
Implications of 3D scanning for art historians
Diagnostic imaging of David
Implications of 3D scanning for educators and museums
Letting the tourists play with our model of Dawn
What really happened?
Logistical challenges
Lessons learned
Il Plastico: a model of ancient Rome
The Forma Urbis Romae: a map of ancient Rome
Fragment #10g
Solving the jigsaw puzzle
Scanning the fragments
Fragment #642
Acknowledgements
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