CVApr 7, 2013
Facial transformations of ancient portraits: the face of Caesar
arXiv:1304.1972v110 citations
Originality Synthesis-oriented
AI Analysis
This work applies existing software to new historical data, offering incremental insights into art history by visualizing artistic interpretations of Caesar's portraits.
The authors analyzed ancient portraits of Julius Caesar using freely available facial transformation software to investigate artistic metamorphosis and enhance the mood added by artists, resulting in several 'morphs' of his face.
Some software solutions used to obtain the facial transformations can help investigating the artistic metamorphosis of the ancient portraits of the same person. An analysis with a freely available software of portraitures of Julius Caesar is proposed, showing his several "morphs". The software helps enhancing the mood the artist added to a portrait.