After Donatello (c1386-1466) - David (AI render based on photograph of painted plaster replica statue in Victoria & Albert Museum, June 2023)

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After Donatello (c1386-1466) - David (AI render based on photograph of painted plaster replica statue in Victoria & Albert Museum, June 2023)
After Donatello (c1386-1466) - David (AI render based on photograph of painted plaster replica statue in Victoria & Albert Museum, June 2023)

There's been a lot of controversy surrounding AI software, but just look at some of the things it can do.

This is an image that I produced using www.promeai.com/ and upscaled with dgb.lol AI Image Upscaler. The software is actually designed to turn sketches into detailed renders... but, as they say in the film Apollo 13, it doesn't matter what it's designed to do, only what it can do! Which in this case is to more or less bring a statue to life. here's the original image.

Compared to the original, the positions of David's shoulder blades, spine and buttocks have all shifted a bit. The red object on the back of his hat was originally a bobble that held a tassel. The tassel is now interpreted as part of David's hair. A figure in the painting behind has been turned into a curious leaf-shaped structure on the left of his hat.

The stone in his left hand is flesh-coloured. The broken sword-hilt in his right (broken only on the plaster version, BTW) is now unidentifiable, while the hand itself is typically incoherent. Other background features have been interpreted very loosely, although the column to the left of David's leg - a baptismal font, if I recall correctly - more or less retains its shape.

Some dust on the original paper photograph has been turned into a faint pattern on the lowermost part of his legs, mostly the right, and the top of the feather caressing his right leg has also been turned into a skin marking.

More of these experiments will be forthcoming. I did try a couple of front views, but unfortunately the rendering of his face was disastrous so clearly the software has some catching-up to do there!

tl;dr AI can do to statues what Pygmalion did, though it's got some way to go yet.

FOOTNOTE. It amuses me to see this photo being favorited with pictures of nude women. Well, I don't begrudge anybody's fantasies, but androgynous as he is, this fellow is definitely based on a male statue!

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Taken on: June 21, 2023
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