The Pieta' Project

Pietà Project


A photograph of the statue as it appears in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy.	A synthetic image obtained from our model using both geometric and photometric data (Click on image for larger size.)	An image of our computer model (Click on image for larger size.)

We have been engaged in a project to create a detailed three-dimensional model of Michelangelo's Florentine Pietà. This project was defined and driven by the research interests of Dr. Jack Wasserman, professor emeritus of art history at Temple University. We used a 3D scanner to measure shape and appearance of each part of the statue, and developed new algorithms to merge all the information into a single accurate digital model.

The final results of our project appear in Dr. Wasserman's book, published by Princeton University Press.