In spring 2018, Professor Karen Mathews and her students from Art History and Classics embarked on a class project using photogrammetry and 3-D printing to document eight sculptures from antiquity in the Lowe Art Museum’s collection. I assisted with this project from its inception to its various stages of completion. Animating Antiquity was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation CREATE Grants Program (create.miami.edu) that I manage.
Pottery, sculpture, and metalwork from ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, dating from the first millennium BCE through the 4th century CE.
Students took photographs from all angles of eight ancient sculptures.
Staff from the Lowe Art Museum worked with students to photograph the sculptures.
Data from student photography was used to generate 3-D digital models.
3-D digital data was loaded to 3-D printers at University of Miami to generate prints of various sizes and colors.
Presentations by Professor Karen Mathews and University of Miami students were attended by 60 people
A graduate student demonstrates her virtual reality project using VR goggles and hand controllers to touch a 3-D printed vase.
Special Thanks - Professor Karen Mathews, Department of Art and Art History; Gemma Henderson, Senior Instructional Designer, Academic Technologies; Students from the courses ARH 333P/CLA 226P, CIM 616, and CIM 624; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation CREATE Grants Program; Professional photography is courtesy of T.J. Lievonen/University of Miami