» Seraphim</h1> <article> <h1>Six-Winged Seraphim 3D</h1> <p>A. Cemal Ekin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:53:13 +0000</p> <p>As I mentioned in the previous post, the newly unveiled Seraphim mosaic in Hagia Sophia reminded me of a head mapped to a flat surface. I am not an expert in 3D mapping, but I created the following composite showing how the face could have looked in 3D. I used FaceShop, a Photoshop plugin, to map the features of the depicted face to the features of a 3D face. The software then creates a 3D model that can be rotated maintaining the features of the original. I took two angles that show the shape of a face.<span id="more-581"></span></p> <p>I wanted to see how this would look to see if the original artists could have envisioned how a rounded face could be presented on a flat surface. This is a speculative image at best, a curiosity item, a thinking tool.</p> <div id="attachment_582" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><p class="wp-caption-text">Two views of the 3D mapping of the mosaic</p></div> <p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.keptlight.com/index.php/2009/09/hagia-sophia-folio/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Hagia Sophia Folio'>Hagia Sophia Folio</a></li> <li><a href='http://www.keptlight.com/index.php/2009/07/hagia-sophia-a-new-mosaic-unveiled/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Hagia Sophia, a new mosaic unveiled'>Hagia Sophia, a new mosaic unveiled</a></li> <li><a href='http://www.keptlight.com/index.php/2009/07/from-the-roof-of-hagia-sophia/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: From the roof of Hagia Sophia'>From the roof of Hagia Sophia</a></li> </ol></p> </article> </main></body></html>