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Author Patrick Brennan, a long-time student of the Civil War, has teamed up with his technology-astute daughter Dylan Brennan to bring the largest Civil War battle to life in striking life-like colors in this remarkable two volume study.
Rather than guess or dabble with the colors, as so many do these days, the Brennans used an artificial intelligence-based computerized color identifier to determine the precise color of uniforms, flesh, hair, equipment, terrain, houses and much more. The result is a monumental full-color study of the important three-day battle that brings the men, the landscape and the action into the 21st Century.
The deep colorization of battle-related woodcuts, for example, reveals a plethora of details that have long passed unseen. The photos of the soldiers and their officers look as if they were taken yesterday.
The use of this modern technology has also solved a couple lingering mysteries. It not only helped pinpoint the precise location of one of Gettysburg's most famous "death images, but determined that two of the seven "Union dead depicted were in fact Confederates. As Pat Brennan explains, that may also be a "first when it comes to Civil War photography: "It was long believed this was an image of seven dead Union soldiers. In fact, only five are Union men. The other two are Confederates. I am still researching the issue, but I believe this may be the only photo we have from the entire Civil War that portrays dead from both sides.
"Gettysburg in Color. Volume 1: Brandy Station to Little Round Top" includes a great number of photos, paintings, drawings and woodcuts colorized utilizing the latest in color-recognition software, together with Brennan's unique digital painting techniques, incredible 3-D maps and his own extensive research.
Rather than guess or dabble with the colors, as so many do these days, the Brennans used an artificial intelligence-based computerized color identifier to determine the precise color of uniforms, flesh, hair, equipment, terrain, houses and much more. The result is a monumental full-color study of the important three-day battle that brings the men, the landscape and the action into the 21st Century.
The deep colorization of battle-related woodcuts, for example, reveals a plethora of details that have long passed unseen. The photos of the soldiers and their officers look as if they were taken yesterday.
The use of this modern technology has also solved a couple lingering mysteries. It not only helped pinpoint the precise location of one of Gettysburg's most famous "death images, but determined that two of the seven "Union dead depicted were in fact Confederates. As Pat Brennan explains, that may also be a "first when it comes to Civil War photography: "It was long believed this was an image of seven dead Union soldiers. In fact, only five are Union men. The other two are Confederates. I am still researching the issue, but I believe this may be the only photo we have from the entire Civil War that portrays dead from both sides.
"Gettysburg in Color. Volume 1: Brandy Station to Little Round Top" includes a great number of photos, paintings, drawings and woodcuts colorized utilizing the latest in color-recognition software, together with Brennan's unique digital painting techniques, incredible 3-D maps and his own extensive research.
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- Books (first-hand)
- Author
- Brennan, Patrick/Brennan, Dylan
- Title
- Gettysburg in Color. Volume 2: The Wheatfield to Falling Waters
- Details
- English text, 200 colour illustrations, 20 maps, large format. 218 pages.
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