Bernard Frischer Recovering Polychromy in the Statues of Hadrian s Villa

Wolf Humanities Center s 201415 Forum on Color October 8, 2014 Bernard Frischer Professor of Informatics, Indiana University Director, Virtual World Heritage Laboratory Emperor Hadrian s villa near Rome was a vast complex, resplendent with many buildings surrounded by gardens, groves, statues, and water features. Archaeologist Bernard Frischer, an international authority on virtual heritage, describes his remarkable project to scan, model, and digitally restore to their full color and shape representative statues and other sculptures from this World Heritage Site. For more information on this event: