Artist Hadi Karimi's fascinating digital 3D sculpture of Beethoven
See Ludwig van Beethoven as he might have been: in colour
Last updated 22nd Nov 2020
Digital artist Hadi Karimi is popular on Instagram for his stunning colourisations of celebrities past and present.
Now, he's grabbed the attention of the classical music with a digital 3D sculpture of Ludwig van Beethoven. And its quite something to behold.
Writing on his website, artist Hadi Karimi explains how the image was produced.
"Beethoven is often portrayed as this heroic figure that resembles more of a Greek god than a human who dedicated his life to music.
To reconstruct his face I only used his LIFE mask and also a bust that was made by the same person who made the mask. He also had a death mask, but due to his illness, he lost so much weight that the mask is almost useless for this purpose."
The life mask and bust (pictured below) Hadi Karimi refers to was made by friend of Beethoven, sculptor Fritz Klein in 1812.
For more stunning imagery produced by Hadi Karimi**, visit the digital artist's website.
Listen to Scala Radio's Beethoven the Basics every Sunday evening from 6pm.
Beethoven the Basics with Andy Bush is also available as a 10 episode podcast series. Download via Planet Radio or wherever you get your podcasts.