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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has made available to the public digital 3D models of a selection of masterpieces in its collection. More than 100 art works have been scanned in ultra-high resolution with portable laser scanners that could image objects that are unmoveable and could not be scanned by traditional machines. That data combined … Read the full post →“Explore 3D models of Met masterpieces”

A small post to ensure you’re not left empty-handed today. If you have 17 minutes to spare amidst the festivities, this lecture from Ancient Rome Live on the Early Christian churches of Rome is a gift box of information about the evolution of Christian churches in Imperial Rome, complete with tours of the early churches … Read the full post →“Vives annos!”

Last week, the Rijksmuseum opened a new exhibition, At Home in the 17th Century, an immersive look on the domestic life of the Dutch Golden Age. It consists of nine diorama-style galleries designed by artist Steef de Jong that allow visitors to experience life in the 17th century home progressing from morning to night. The … Read the full post →“Take a virtual tour inside a 17th c. Dutch doll’s house”

The University of Leeds has digitized a 16th century manuscript that is the earliest known English book about cheese. In fact, it is probably the earliest English-language treatise on a single foodstuff of any kind. The high-resolution scans of the volume and a much more readable pdf transcript are now available to on the university’s … Read the full post →“First English cheese treatise digitized, transcribed”

This 3D animation is by far the greatest explanation of the construction, function and mechanics of the Colosseum I’ve ever seen. It’s by the YouTube channel Deconstructed which usually explains how things like car jacks and sprinklers work. The Colosseum is a whole other universe of complexity, obviously, and they still completely slaughter it, covering … Read the full post →“3D animation of Colosseum explains all”

If you aren’t occupied with present openings and feasting tables, here is a great video on the Ara Pacis narrated by Darius Arya of Ancient Rome Live to while away 15 minutes. Even if you are occupied with present openings and feasting tables, you could probably use a 15 minute break to enjoy a cool … Read the full post →“A little holiday Ara Pacis”