Moses by Michelangelo

After much comment from fellow 3D modelers, legal scholars and tech reporters, I felt that it was safe to repost a cleaned-up version of the bronze Moses on display at the campus of Augustana College. Augustana College had initially expressed concerns about possible copyright issues and fears of me sharing a model created from photos of the precise bronze cast of Moses. Their representative requested that I remove Moses and try to persuade anyone that had downloaded a copy to delete it. As it turns out, their copyright argument was baseless and issues about me sharing my photogrammetry-created Moses were outside their legal control. So, it is with great pleasure that I present Moses by Michelangelo.

The bronze reproduction that I created this model from was cast from a mold lifted off the original marble masterpiece. It was a special commission by Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Fawick, a wealthy millionaire couple who wanted to give a gift of appreciation to the City of Sioux Falls and Augustana