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The face of Bach?

February 29th, 2008 by Jerome Weeks
 

Johann Sebastian Bach’s face, according to the Centre for Forensic and Medical Art

Only one portrait of J. S. Bach exists that was taken from life. Now with laser scanners, experts from the Centre for Forensic and Medical Art at Dundee University in Scotland have reconstructed his face from measurements of his skull and details from that life portrait.

Tags: Culture · History · Music

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  1. [...] may recall the the laser-scanner, computer forensic creation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “real” face in [...]

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