MINERVA
Marble and bronze bust of helmeted Athena
The British Museum
Culture/Period | Roman
Excavated/Findspot | Villa Casali
Materials | Marble; Bronze
Technique | Inlaid
Dimensions | Height: 68.58 centimetres
Department | Greek & Roman Antiquities
Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom and sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy. She was born with weapons from the head of Jupiter. After impregnating the titaness Metis, Jupiter recalled a prophecy that his own child would overthrow him. Fearing that their child would grow stronger than he and rule the Heavens in his place, Jupiter swallowed Metis whole. The titaness forged weapons and armor for her child while within the father-god, and the constant pounding and ringing gave him a headache. To relieve the pain, Vulcan used a hammer to split Jupiter's head and, from the cleft, Minerva emerged, whole, adult, and bearing her mother's weapons and armor. From the 2nd century BC onwards, the Romans equated her with the Greek goddess Athena. She was the virgin goddess of music, poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts, and magic. She is often depicted with her sacred creature, an owl usually named as the "owl of Minerva", which symbolised her association with wisdom and knowledge.
Now Digitally Remastered - 3D Print Ready BY STUDIOX
3D scaning method is photogrammetry with Agisoft PhotoScan Pro V1.2. Mesh fixing, digital topologizing and UV mapping (where applicaple) was held with Pixologic ZBrush R7 P3. Rendered on Cinema 4D R18.
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Raw 3D scan mesh. Scaning method photogrammetry with Agisoft PhotoScan Pro V1.2. Renders with Cinema 4D R18.
Textured raw 3D scan mesh. Photoscan Pro default UV map.
... work in progress on ZBrush
Original scupture in The British Museum, London UK. Enlightenment (Room 1)
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