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Engineers in Florence used high-tech cameras and mounted laser scanners on stairs to capture microscopic details of the 16th-century marble statue. EPA
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Engineers in Florence used high-tech cameras and mounted laser scanners on stairs to capture microscopic details of the 16th-century marble statue. EPA
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The 3D-printed copy of Michelangelo's David statue at a laboratory in Florence. The reproduction will be flown to Dubai where it will represent Italy at the Expo. EPA
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The 3D-printed copy of Michelangelo's David statue is being assembled at a laboratory in Florence, Italy. EPA
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The statue, which is a replica of the masterpiece at the Academy Gallery in Florence, will be the striking centrepiece of Italy's pavilion when Expo opens later this year. EPA
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The copy of Michelangelo's David statue involved 3D printing of the various parts of the figure. EPA / Claudio Giovannini
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The statue was created thanks to a sophisticated digitalisation process that involved scanning the statue to create a three-dimensional digital twin. EPA
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The 3D-printed copy of Michelangelo's David statue is made of acrylic resin covered with marble dust. EPA
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The 3D-printed copy of Michelangelo's David statue was assembled by team of restorers at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence. EPA
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The restorers' work includes adding the cracks, fractures and abrasions to give it the same character of the current statue. EPA
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Engineers in Florence used high-tech cameras and mounted laser scanners on stairs to capture microscopic details of the 16th-century marble statue. EPA
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Engineers in Florence used high-tech cameras and mounted laser scanners on stairs to capture microscopic details of the 16th-century marble statue. EPA
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The 3D-printed copy of Michelangelo's David statue at a laboratory in Florence. The reproduction will be flown to Dubai where it will represent Italy at the Expo. EPA
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The 3D-printed copy of Michelangelo's David statue is being assembled at a laboratory in Florence, Italy. EPA
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The statue, which is a replica of the masterpiece at the Academy Gallery in Florence, will be the striking centrepiece of Italy's pavilion when Expo opens later this year. EPA
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The copy of Michelangelo's David statue involved 3D printing of the various parts of the figure. EPA / Claudio Giovannini
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The statue was created thanks to a sophisticated digitalisation process that involved scanning the statue to create a three-dimensional digital twin. EPA
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The 3D-printed copy of Michelangelo's David statue is made of acrylic resin covered with marble dust. EPA
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The 3D-printed copy of Michelangelo's David statue was assembled by team of restorers at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence. EPA
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The restorers' work includes adding the cracks, fractures and abrasions to give it the same character of the current statue. EPA
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Engineers in Florence used high-tech cameras and mounted laser scanners on stairs to capture microscopic details of the 16th-century marble statue. EPA
Expo 2020 Dubai: first pictures of Italian pavilion's dazzling Michelangelo statue
3D replica of the famed marble statue is being created at a laboratory in Florence
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15 April, 2021
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