3-D Scanning “Greek Slave” at American Art

In Art, Video / 15 July 2015

Vince Rossi and Jon Blundell from the Smithsonian’s Digitization Program Office (http://3d.si.edu) apply various 3-D capture methods on the pointed plaster model for the “Greek Slave” by Hiram Powers, the most famous sculpture of the 19th century, in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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