Digital Restoration: Caligula Sculpture (Roman AD 38-40)
The Story:
Gaius Julius Ceasar reigned as the emperor of Rome from A.D. 37 until his assassination in A.D. 41. He was given the nickname Caligula (meaning little soldier's boot) by his father's soldiers because of the small soldier's boots he wore as a child when visiting the Roman military camps. Today only two of the life-size Ancient Roman statues of Caligula are known to exist. The better preserved sculpture resides in the Virgina Museum of Fine Arts' Ancient Art Collection and the other in Gortyn, Crete. The original Caligula sculpture and the Digital Restoration can be viewed on the VMFA Web site. |
The Challenge:
The University of Virginia's Virtual World Heritage Laboratory and the Digital Sculpture Project approached Direct Dimensions to restore the Caligula sculpture to its original 1st century, Roman form. return to full slide show The Solution:
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