Website alert: Historical fiction may attempt accuracy (never achievable), a wild but serious alternative representation (Hamilton), or broad-stroked just-for-fun romance that should fool nobody (Bridgerton). Now, suppose you aim for accuracy. What a delight to find that doing so can still startle you out of conventional thinking. Consider these two heads of Caesar Augustus. On the left, the usual blank aura of marmoreal power. On the right, whoops! a somewhat worried weird young man. Now there's a stimulous imagination! It's not just that we need to realize that ancient statues were painted, it's that color helps us conjure up living people—and so, off you go to "HISTORY IN 3D" creates a series of accurate reconstructions of the first 12 Roman Caesars.
Picturing a World
Visualizing ancient faces
Comments
Feb 10, 2021 11:06 AM EST
Hi Katherine, the link to see Roman statues' recreation is not working. I've seen other enhancements of works of art or photos on YouTube. It's very odd to see the face come alive with movement as well as color added. I don't know the link. I happened to see it. Maybe "moving works of art" would bring it forward. -- Pat
- Patricia Franzino
Feb 11, 2021 10:14 AM EST
Pat, I tested the link on two different computers and it worked each time.
If other readers have trouble, please let me know. Meanwhile, it is certainly a point well taken that it can be eerie to see statues come to life.
Cheers, everybody!
- Katherine
Feb 11, 2021 11:31 AM EST
Hi Katherine, just a note to let you know I can now access the link for the ancient faces. Thanks, Pat
- Patricia Franzino