Beethoven: This is his true face

The true face of Ludwig van Beethoven is revealed almost two centuries after his death – and justifies his reputation.

Despite his status as one of the great composers of history, Beethoven has also become known for his stupid and unhappy personality and his unstoppable appearance.

‘It was indeed irritable, messy, clumsy, rude and misanthropic »wrote British composer Mark Wiglesworth in his blog.

The reputation of the cowardly, unhappy music composer is often reflected in his portraits, which always depict him as a foolish man with a frozen look.

Now, a reconstruction of his face has revealed how he really looked like – and seems to justify the sources, the Daily Mail says.

Sisero Moraes, lead author of the new study, completed the first reconstruction of the composer’s appearance based on his skull.

‘I found the face somewhat scary’he admitted.

To complete his work, Moraes used historical photographs of the musician’s skull that provided Beethoven’s home to Bonn.

Along with the photos, taken by Johann Rotmaier in 1863, he used data from 1888 measurements.

As he explained, “the face approach was guided exclusively by the skull.

“I first created two -dimensional contours – frontal and sideways – from skull photos.

“Then, I model the skull in three dimensions using a virtual donor tomography, customized to match the proportions of the photos.

“Then I added soft tissue thickness indicators based on living Europeans, projecting the nose and designed the face profile.

“I combined all these views to form the basic person”

With the face complete on the basis of objective data, the scientist added subjective features such as clothes and hair, Using a famous portrait of Beethoven as a guide painted in 1820 by Joseph Carl Stiller.

Finally, some of the thinnest details improved with an artificial intelligence tool.

The skull itself is not in excellent condition, due to incisions made after Beethoven’s death in 1827, and the reconstruction is based only on two angles – frontal and side.

However, Moraes explained that he was also “extremely compatible” with a champion made by the composer’s face during his life.

However, in his post on the blog, Mark Wiglesworth also argued that, despite his infamous reputation, Beethoven could also be “witty, protective, generous and kind”.

He was, he argued, the loss of his hearing that transformed him for the worse. Those who knew him might have agreed.

A contemporary man said to him: “As he grew up and the deafness occupied him, the negative aspects of Beethoven’s personality They came to the fore. “

Moraes, who explores the mystery of Beethoven’s genius in his new study, said that “I academically explored his genius, revealing what made him a symbol of Western music.”