Although it seems that museums no longer have any kind of dress code these days, a young woman recently fell foul of the requirement to at least be wearing, like, something. A story in the UK's Guardian newspaper tells the tale of woe of Kathleen "KC" Neill, who was arrested and charged with public lewdness for posing nude for photographer Zach Hyman in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hyman is making a collection of photographs of nudity in New York's public spaces (check out images of gob-smacked commuters gazing at gorgeous naked models on the New York subway, captured by photographer Clint Spauling).
The Antikythera Mechanism: a complete model according to M. Wright is a virtual model of the (still) mysterious Antikythera Mechanism by Mogi Vicentini based on the theoretical and mechanical model by Michael Wright. The video portrays faithfully the working mechanical replica of the Antikythera mechanism made by Michael Wright.
Virtual Qumran designer Dr. Robert Cargill is at the forefront of a rapidly evolving discipline. He uses virtual reality as a tool to conduct archaeological research on Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in caves. An archaeologist by training, Cargill has taken it upon himself to learn how to create a virtual reality model of a site, a skill most archaeologists haven’t picked up - yet. He generously took some time off from his busy schedule to talk to me about Virtual Qumran and how virtual reality is changing archaeology.
Model Behaviour
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"One of the things that I’m proud of is that I’ve offered the world, I’ve offered whoever’s interested, a new methodology of doing virtual reconstruction"
The UCLA team creating and updating a virtual model of Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in caves, have now released free photos and videos of their work, which are now available to view and download from their website. Their project started in 2005 and has been continuing ever since, adding new archaeological information as it comes along. It includes a number of photos, and short videos which you can watch in high definition on their site, or on youtube.
The exhibition explores the relationship between fashion and ideals of beauty as they change over the years. Focusing on the iconic models of the twentieth century, it charts the development of fashion photography over 50 years between 1947 and 1997.
This model boat was found in the Tomb of Shemes at Assiut, or Asyut, about 230 miles south of Cairo. The boat was an important symbol in ancient Egypt and model boats were often placed in tombs - thought to take the deceased on his or her journey to the Underworld. The model shows several figures ready to operate the boat's sails, as well as two other figures, possibly representing the deceased with a priest.
