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With 3D printing, you’ll be able to replicate the world’s famous sculptures
http://qz.com/96806/with-3d-printing-youll-be-able-to-replicate-the-worlds-famous-sculptures/Cool piece on a guy who's taking hi-def 3D photos of great sculptures and converting them to 3D printer templates for everyone to use. This has tremendous implications for a lot of people, to say nothing of the potential impact on arts education.
Art museums have been scanning pieces like this for archival purposes for years. Whats new is that just about anyone can now walk into a galleryassuming that photography is allowedand do this, too. To me, Wenman says, it seems very analogous to the potential behind the Napster-like free-for-all of unauthorized reproduction and sharing and remixing of music.
Schoolchildren, he suggests, could reproduce their own art instead of flipping the pages in a text book. Artists could use the 3D designs to create modern sculpture inspired by famous antiquities, in much the same way that musicians sample each other. Smaller local museums, in particular, might use this as a way of drawing attention to little-known collections. And, of course, any 3D printing amateur could download these files to experience art that lives thousands of miles away.
Many major art museums around the world have already begun to post online for public viewing high-resolution digital images of their collections. Were a public institution, the director of collections at the Rijksmuseum recently told the New York Times, and so the art and objects we have are, in a way, everyones property.
The prospect of 3D printing, however, takes this sentiment literally. Imagine if art museums became the place you went to see originals. Or, imagine bypassing the giftshop because you could make your own Rodin at home.
Schoolchildren, he suggests, could reproduce their own art instead of flipping the pages in a text book. Artists could use the 3D designs to create modern sculpture inspired by famous antiquities, in much the same way that musicians sample each other. Smaller local museums, in particular, might use this as a way of drawing attention to little-known collections. And, of course, any 3D printing amateur could download these files to experience art that lives thousands of miles away.
Many major art museums around the world have already begun to post online for public viewing high-resolution digital images of their collections. Were a public institution, the director of collections at the Rijksmuseum recently told the New York Times, and so the art and objects we have are, in a way, everyones property.
The prospect of 3D printing, however, takes this sentiment literally. Imagine if art museums became the place you went to see originals. Or, imagine bypassing the giftshop because you could make your own Rodin at home.
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With 3D printing, you’ll be able to replicate the world’s famous sculptures (Original Post)
Recursion
Jun 2013
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And use it to make a tiny plastic replica that will cost you more than you can buy it for
PoliticAverse
Jun 2013
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. And use it to make a tiny plastic replica that will cost you more than you can buy it for
at the museum gift shop (or online now) ?
Specifically for the case of Rodin replicas...
http://www.amazon.com/Auguste-Museum-Replica-Sculpture-Figurine/dp/B004V0A3U2
Recursion
(56,582 posts)2. Give it 3 years (nt)