Fabrics in Sculptures

~ Uttu-Textiles

Fabric modelling is one of the most complicated research in textiles.  Many research are working on realistic representation of the fabric, which include adding many factors to the equation such as friction and yarn bending and so on.

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Garment computer simulation. Bernhard Thomaszewski, Simon Pabst and Wolfgang Straber, Asynchronous Cloth Simulation, WSI/GRIS The University of Tubingen, The Visual Computer manuscript.

The amazing thing about this type of prediction is that it was an obsession of artists through history, from ancient civilisation in Iraq and Syria to the amazing Greek sculptures to the modern contemporary art. Here I am listing some examples of these amazing sculptures and their great fabric draping details.

Figure (2): The statue of Ebih-Il of Mari.
The statue of Ebih-Il of Mari. Image Source Wikipedia.
Figure (3): Puzur Ishtar, Shakkanakku of Mari. Picture Source Wikipedia.
Puzur Ishtar, Shakkanakku of Mari. Picture Source Wikipedia.
Funerary sculpture from Palmyra. Source http://www.rmo.nl.
Funerary sculpture from Palmyra. Source http://www.rmo.nl.
Ancient Greek Sculpture.
Ancient Greek Sculpture.
Athena
Athena
Raffaele Monti's veiled vestal virgin
Raffaele Monti’s veiled vestal virgin
Gian Lorenzo's Blessed Ludovica Albertoni
Gian Lorenzo’s Blessed Ludovica Albertoni
Raffaele Monti's veiled sculptures. Source www.scribblejunkies.blogspot.no
Raffaele Monti’s veiled sculptures. Source http://www.scribblejunkies.blogspot.no
La Pudicizia Velata
La Pudicizia Velata
Giovanni Strazza's Veiled Virgin
Giovanni Strazza’s Veiled Virgin

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