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Journal article
Spectacularity on the Frontline: An Interactive Materialization of the Costume of the Burgundian Prostitute in Louis Braun’s Panorama of the Battle of Murten
Heritage, v 9(2), p46
27 Jan 2026
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Abstract
The dressed body can reveal a great deal about the social, economic, political and artistic milieu that propelled a fashion style. Louis Braun used fashion to augment the narrative of his artwork, the Murten Panorama, a 10 m × 100 m cylindrical painting commemorating the Swiss victory against the army of the Duchy of Burgundy, 1476. The Laboratory for Experimental Museology, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, led by Sarah Kenderdine, has digitized the panorama, producing a 1.6-trillion-pixel digital twin, the largest digital image of a particular object ever created. Exhibitions of the twin are in progress across Switzerland and other international venues to commemorate the 550th anniversary of the Burgundian wars. Volumetric videos, 3D objects and historic costume characters, motion capture and a dynamic soundscape present a multisensory immersive experience. This paper outlines our method of ‘materializing’, in 3D, the dress of the Burgundian prostitute, a prominent character in the panorama. Researching the sartorial, historical and artistic influences affecting Braun while he created the artwork revealed multiple layers of fashion interpretation and informed our research on how to embody the materiality of the character’s costume. We discuss our multi-disciplinary process to ‘materialize’ the character and the software used in the development.
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- Title
- Spectacularity on the Frontline: An Interactive Materialization of the Costume of the Burgundian Prostitute in Louis Braun’s Panorama of the Battle of Murten
- Creators
- Kathi Martin (Corresponding Author) - Drexel University, Fashion DesignMomo Jawwad
- Publication Details
- Heritage, v 9(2), p46
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Number of pages
- 23
- Grant note
- The Terapixel Panorama ProjectThe Research Officefriends of the Drexel Digital Museum ProjectDrexel University
The virtual prostitute project was funded by The Terapixel Panorama Project, The Research Office, Drexel University and friends of the Drexel Digital Museum Project. The Terapixel Panorama project was created by the Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+), EPFL, in partnership with the Foundation for the Panorama of the Battle of Murten (Stiftung fur das Panorama der Schlacht bei Murten, 1476). It was funded and supported by Loterie Romande (Fribourg), Loterie Romande (Conference des Presidents des Organes de Repartition), Loterie Romande (Vaud), Municipality of Murten, Canton of Fribourg, the Federal Office for Culture, the Association of the Friends of the Panorama, the Foundation Etrillard, Phase One, the Swiss National Science Foundation, Ernst Gohner Stiftung, Stiftung fur Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, UBS Culture Foundation and the Association Suisse d'Histoire et de Sciences Militaires. The Terapixel Panorama Project was awarded an Optimus Agora Prize in 2024. In-kind resources from EPFL have been invested in the project, such as communication and legal services, research space and infrastructure, digital storage and software and hardware. The main camera used in the digitizing process was sponsored by the manufacturer Phase One. The transport of the rolls has been covered by the Swiss Army (negotiated by the Foundation). In-kind resources from Drexel University included legal services, research space and infrastructure, software and hardware.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Fashion Design; [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001700231400001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105031300216
- Other Identifier
- 991022158567404721