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Gerasimov Mikhail Mikhailovich is a world-famous anthropologist, archaeologist, sculptor. Over the years of painstaking work, Mikhail Gerasimov managed to establish clear correlations between the facial skeleton and soft tissues. He was the first to prove that by restoring a person's appearance from the skull, a close portrait resemblance can be achieved.
Scientifically reliable images created by Gerasimov allow us to see the faces of distant ancestors, to visually represent the process of human becoming, to find out what historical figures of past centuries looked like. Each work of Gerasimov is at the same time a scientific document, a work of art and an image of a living person.
Today we will revive for you several works of the master from the collections of the anthropology department of the Kunstkamera.
Happy viewing!