ce magazine September 2020 issue

Daniel's project, using machine learning software, has created photorealist versions
of the 54 Roman Emperors who served in The Principate, starting with Augustus
(pictured) in 27 BC. Clockwise from top left: The Prima Porta, Pergamum Museum,
the British Museum, Labicana.
When he came to pick a subject, he chose to research the busts of the Roman
Emperors, despite not being particularly interested in ancient history. Pictured right:
Vespasian digitally remade, and clockwise from top left: At the Louvre, Museum of
Classical Archeology, National Archeological Museum in Naples, Capitoline
Museum
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