ROLE(3D)MODELS
Explore an ongoing series of rotating virtual 3D models, rendered from sculptures and artifacts preserved in our Art & Artifacts Division. Note that slight variations between these scanned models and the original artworks and artifacts may exist. While nothing replaces the power of presence and experiencing these materials in person, use of this technology provides a new perspective for understanding the past through an object’s history.
JACKIE ROBINSON
January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972
Superstar athlete and baseball legend whose life-long sports career included integrating Major League Baseball in 1947 by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers.
PICTURED HERE: Left to right, 1946 photograph of Jackie Robinson sliding into home as a member of the Montreal Royals, the Brooklyn Dodgers farm club; virtual 3D model of a 1948 baseball signed by Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers team. Digitized materials from the Photographs & Prints, and Art & Artifacts Divisions, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
META VAUX WARRICK FULLER
June 9, 1877 - March 13, 1963
Award-winning sculptor, born to a prominent entrepreneurial family in Philadelphia. Her early career blossomed in Paris before a tragic fire consumed much of her early works. She is best known for creating the featured sculpture entitled, Ethiopia Awakening (1921), an artwork that is often recognized as having foretold the Harlem Renaissance.
PICTURED HERE: Left to right, virtual 3D model of Ethiopia Awakening (1921), by Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, bronze, 67 x 16 x 20 inches; photograph of the artist sculpting a bust of her husband, Solomon Carter Fuller (pioneer in psychiatry and neurological research); a stack of her personal diaries ranging from the late 1890s - 1960s; an image of one of her early sculptures entitled, The Wicked. Digitized materials from the Photographs & Prints, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books, and Art & Artifacts Divisions at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
June 17, 1871 - June 26, 1938
Writer, poet, civil rights leader, James Weldon Johnson authored the lyrics for “Lift Every Voice And Sing,” recognized today as the national Black anthem in America.
PICTURED HERE: Left to right, portrait of James Weldon Johnson; 1939 photograph of Sculptor, Augusta Savage (center), presenting her bust of Johnson; a letter written from Johnson to Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1916 - 1934); virtual 3D model of the bust of James Weldon Johnson (1939), by Augusta Savage, painted plaster 17 x 9 x 9 1/2 inches. Digitized materials from the Jean Blackwell Hutson General Research and Reference, Photographs and Prints, and Art & Artifacts Divisions at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.