“Empire of the Eye: Andrea Pozzo” by Krakora
Conference:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 05
Title:
- Empire of the Eye: Andrea Pozzo
Length:
- 3:20
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Tangerine Studios
Description:
As part of the National Gallery of Art film series “Empire of the Eye,“ this excerpt illustrates two of the most remarkable illusionistic ceiling paintings in ItalianRenaissance art. Commissioned in 1684 to paint an illusionistic dome and ceiling vault in the church of Saint Ignazio in Rome, Andrea Pozzo documented invaluable sketches and perspective treatises as he worked. These rare documents were scanned and imported as templates to recreate digital models of his work. CGIwas completed using Alias|Wavefront Maya 3.0 and Adobe After Effects 5.5running on Mac OS X.
Additional Contributors:
Art Director/3D Animator: Carol Hilliard
Animation Unit: Tangerine Studios
Editor: Tony Black, A.C.E.
Host: Al Roker
