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Digital art done by artificial intelligence is becoming a widespread and trendy phenomenon, and as many more people flock to it, the technology progresses exponentially. Because of this, the recreations done by AI get better in quality: recreations done a year ago are nothing like the ones done recently, and you'll quickly see it for yourselves.

It's my third iteration of AI portraits in this theme. It's always interesting to think that many of us look like someone in the past. In the beginning, when I only started recreating these famous historical personalities, I noted that they don't look all that different from regular people, so I decided to accentuate it by framing it as a modern portrait. The things that followed next are history, and an archived history at that, one which you can check out in the links here, and here.

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Dido Elizabeth Belle

Dido Elizabeth Belle

Daughter of a slave with a member of the aristocracy, the young woman may have influenced the debate on the end of slavery.

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Gul Dukat
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like that the digital version captured her cheeky expression quite nicely

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Antinous

Antinous

Antinous (November 27, 111 – October 130) was the love partner and companion of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.

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Maria Quitéria, The Brazilian Heroine

Maria Quitéria, The Brazilian Heroine

In its struggle for independence from Portugal, Brazil recognized the invaluable fighting force of a woman. Maria Quitéria was a real-life Mulan (which may have been real, but not as well documented). Her stories varied in the sense that Quitéria fought for the love of her country over the vehement objections of her father, who controlled her life until the choice of a spouse. She grew up working in hunting shooting, encouraged by her mother, who died when Quitéria was still young. To fight the rebel leader Dom Pedro, Quitéria fled her home in 1822 and enlisted in the Brazilian army accompanied by her brother-in-law, wearing one of her old uniforms.

Quitéria assumed the identity of a young male soldier and rose through the ranks for his shooting skills. Things came to a head when her father found her and insisted that her superior officer send her home. Instead, the major refused to let her go, because her skills were too valuable! Unmasked, Quitéria became the first woman to officially serve in the Brazilian army. The army's trust in her also paid off.

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Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Republic of Florence and died on February 18, 1564, in Rome.

He was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.

The artist was considered the greatest living professional of his time, and since then he has been regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. Several of his works in painting, sculpture and architecture are among the most famous in existence.

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Victoria, Princess Royal Of The United Kingdom

Victoria, Princess Royal Of The United Kingdom

Victoria Adelaide Marie Louise was Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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Hadrian

Hadrian

Hadrian (Roman Emperor) (76-138) was the third Roman emperor, of the Antonine Dynasty, who ruled between the years 117 and 138 and marked the apogee of the Roman Empire.

Hadrian (Publios Aelius Hadrianus) was born in Italica (Bética), today in Spain, on January 24, 76. Belonging to the Antonine dynasty, he was the nephew of Emperor Trajan. He was a literate man, a lover of the arts and the law.

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The Birth Of Venus

The Birth Of Venus

The Birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli, commissioned by Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Medici for the Villa Medicea di Castello. It is tempera on canvas and measures 172.5 cm high by 278.5 cm wide.

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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have reached the uncanny valley here. Her eyes look disproportionately large for her face.

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Goddess Demeter

Goddess Demeter

Demeter is the Greek goddess of harvest, fertility, cultivated land, sacred right and holds the cycle of life and death.

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Michelangelo's David

Michelangelo's David

According to the Bible David was red-haired, of short stature and his hair was red as the color of fire.

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Stoopham McFernybabes
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I consider myself a fairly educated person. I read, I’ve studied, I’ve even seen the statue of David. Until this moment, I had never actually realized that the statue was of the Biblical David. I always assumed it was just of some guy. Named David.

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Greek Historian Herodotus

Greek Historian Herodotus

Herodotus was a Greek writer and geographer credited with being the first historian. Sometime around the year 425 B.C., Herodotus published his magnum opus: a long account of the Greco-Persian Wars that he called “The Histories.” (The Greek word “historie” means “inquiry.”) Before Herodotus, no writer had ever made such a systematic, thorough study of the past or tried to explain the cause-and-effect of its events. After Herodotus, historical analysis became an indispensable part of intellectual and political life. Scholars have been following in Herodotus’ footsteps for 2,500 years.

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Lucius Verus

Lucius Verus

Lucius Verus was co-emperor, with Marcus Aurelius, of the Roman Empire as Augustus, until 169, when he died of plague during a campaign against the Parthians.

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Hercules

Hercules

Hercules or Heracles was a hero of Greek mythology known for his great strength. He was the son of Zeus and Alcmene. His first wife and children were murdered by himself when he had a fit of madness caused by Hera.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Erm, that doesn’t look like Hercules, that’s the guy from IT who used to play rugby at the weekends, but has since hurt his knee, and his first question is always “have you switched it on and off again?”.

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Mary, Queen Of Scots

Mary, Queen Of Scots

Mary Stuart was Queen of Scots in the 16th century. She competed with Elizabeth I for the throne of England and was executed for conspiring against the English queen.

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Laura Ketteridge
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A whole load of history and politics has been glossed over here! Mary fled Scotland and sought refuge in England with her cousin (once removed) Elizabeth. Instead of refuge, Mary was imprisoned for 19 years. I think that I'd be inclined to engage in a little bit of conspiring after I'd been imprisoned for 19 years! Elizabeth was worried Mary would succeed to her throne. Instead it was Mary's son James who became King of Scots, and King of England.

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The Real Pocahontas

The Real Pocahontas

We all think we know Pocahontas, but her real story is very different from the popular image. Pocahontas was an extremely talented and lively 10-year-old girl when Jamestown was founded in 1607. She was the daughter of the Great Powhatan, who ruled over numerous client tribes in the Chesapeake, the region the Powhatans called Tsenacomaca, and he selected her for a special role because of her intelligence and personality. Captain John Smith said her “wit, and spirit” made her stand out.

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Broc Robertson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The real Pocahontas was kidnapped and raped by colonists that's the true story just like thanksgiving was actually a slaughter of my ancestors get your s**t right if your going to write stories Its 2022 and us natives are still fighting for our rights

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#15

Mestizo

Mestizo

“Mestizo” from 1934 painted in oil on canvas by the famous Brazilian painter Candido Portinari. In the painting, the artist shows a character in a coffee plantation, working in the field.

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Green Machine
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks like his scalp is leaning left a tad. I think the AI miscalculated cause of his hair style. lol

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#16

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, serving two terms between 1801 and 1809. He was the drafter of the text of the Declaration of Independence.

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Ranger Kanootsen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thomas Jefferson waking up in 2022: SO WHAT'D I MISS? WHAT'D I MISS. VIRGINIA MY HOME SWEET HOME I WANNA GIVE YOU A KISS

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Akhenaten

Akhenaten

He was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt who reigned for seventeen years and died in 1336 or 1334 BC.

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Lorie Shewbridge
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Barbara Mertz (an Egyptologist) wrote in 2011: "Egyptian civilization was not Mediterranean or African, Semitic or Hamitic, black or white, but all of them. It was, in short, Egyptian." So, from all I've read and learned, Egyptians can range from light skin to dark skin as they have all races in them. More power to them!

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Fall F.
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stop downvoting @Niflheim Der user, because he is right! Egyptians were and are not black, they belong to the europid race, with creol-brownish skin and darker hair-eyes.

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Rose the Cook
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The confusion is probably due to the Nubian pharaohs of the 25th Dynasty who were in fact black.

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angied4liberty
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Kushites were the only black Pharaohs to ever rule Egypt, and were part of the 25th dynasty. They were descended from Nubians. The rest were a melting pot...Ramses II, for example, was light skinned and a ginger.

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Lyric S
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not all Nubians were black. Read about the ancient cemetery found and the DNA done on the Royal families living there. Over 60% of the women dug up were European middle-eastern or Eastern European Haplogroups. The men were a mixture.

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BluEyedSeoulite
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Egypt is an interesting place. A lot of fighting over skin color when Ancient Egypt is an area that was truly multi-racial and cared far more about nationality than skin color. I get why everyone wants to claim them

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Auzi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Weren't they terribly inbred? I imagine they would have deformities similar to Habsburg dynasty, at least the mask hints to it

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Shelli LotusFlower
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s what I thought too! The Habsburg chin is real and there’s no way the Pharoah’s avoided it. All of the ailments and deformity that King Tut have prove this out.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

FYI y'all => The painted sculptures of Queen Tiye - Akhenaton's mother, portray her with dark complexion (and super fierce features) I saw one such artefact in Berlin's Neues Museum a couple of years ago and even bought a postcard of her, because her no-nonsense facial expression was so striking. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTjE0NuUIZ96wKdDzQqytPxoGCaa_oAMr2Bog&usqp=CAU Mixed children & pple with mixed ancestry are born all over the melanin spectrum - from rich dark chocolate to olive or even porcelain pale. No way to know for sure how the genetic lottery turned out in the 18th dynasty. Sun exposure also plays a role, as darker skins get tanned faster (more melanine)... There are pix of me as a child looking like a little Eritrean after 3 weeks of intense sun exposure at the beach...

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BluEyedSeoulite
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Facts. There is a comedian on YT, Lukas something, that is half black/white and he looks like he can get a sunburn just thinking about sunshine!! My kids are half Asian and happen to look almost totally white. Then you have blasian Michael Yo. He changes ethnicities just by wearing sunglasses. Genetics are kookie!

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Birma Gustafsson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not entirely true, there is certain evidence that a dynastic line or two were black in Egypt, which shouldn't come as a surprise since Egypt has a very long history, being ruled over by many different people over time. Pyramids were built in the south by the people of Ethiopia and Sudan, and these countries has a very interesting and long history in their own right, which is well good to look into.

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Lyric S
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

NOPE! 🤣 His family's DNA proved they were matching European haplogroups sooo..

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Kitten Kat
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought Akhenaten was a macrocephalic and had an elongated skull. He also is said to have had elongated limbs,a large pot belly and possibly had been a hermaphrodite. At least,art depicts him that way. Very possibly from inbreeding. Also,he was probably lighter skinned than the A.I. photo. So,I think this totally missed the mark.

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Plague doctor
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is called an AI genius it's not always going to be physically correct with skin color.

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Laura Burgett
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’ll bet he was a Hidden with the ladies… Or the gentlemen… Or both.

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Doggo
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@Niflheim Der And what source do you have to back up this information? Edit: Guys forgot to add /s. It was a joke.

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Fall F.
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

History. No, really, please guys, it's a 2 minutes google-search.

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Vasco Da Gama

Vasco Da Gama

Vasco da Gama was a 15th century Portuguese navigator, explorer and administrator. It has great importance in Portuguese navigations at the time of the discoveries and conquests. He was appointed by King Dom Manuel I, commander of the fleet that left Europe and arrived in the Indies.

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Marie Curie

Marie Curie

The Polish scientist was the first woman in history to win a Nobel Prize in Physics. And she won twice.

She had a poor childhood, and to be able to study, she had to move from Poland to France, escaping the prohibition and lack of opportunity for women in science.

She was top of her class in her master's and together with her husband, Pierre Curie, developed the principles of radioactivity. She ended up dying at age 67 from the negative effects of radiation, for so long she was exposed to her studies and experiments.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cicero was one of the most important philosophers of ancient Rome.

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Sheila Stamey
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know ancient Roman philosopher and and but the ai version still looks like he's about to yell at me for being on his lawn.

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Aphrodite

Aphrodite

Aphrodite, in Greek mythology, was the goddess of beauty and love. The Greeks would ask her luck in love, the secrets of fascination and the preservation of youth. In Roman mythology she was called Venus.

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Powerful Katrinka
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The person who's doing these renditions has trouble with chins. This recreation has a pointy chin, while the original had a more of a rounded shape. The exact reverse happened in the Benjamin Franklin one, where the recreation doesn't have Franklin's distinctive pointed chin.

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Josefina De Beauharnais

Josefina De Beauharnais

Was the first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte. This made her the first Empress of the French.

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Okatango
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She given the name Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie at birth.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley

One of England's most significant Romantic poets, Percy Bysshe Shelley was born at Field Place, in the town of Horsham, West Sussex, England, on August 4, 1792. He would become particularly famous for his longer poems. , such as "Prometheus Unbound", "Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude" and the unfinished "The Triumph of Life", among others.

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RoanTheMad
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No... just no on this one. He looks to much like a stereotypical teen movie "chad" in the ai version xP

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Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar

Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar

He was the fourth emperor of Rome, between 41 and 54.

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Jane Austen

Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English writer. Her works present elements of transition between Romanticism and Realism. Her most famous book is Pride and Prejudice.

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was one of the great characters in the history of the United States, known for several roles throughout his life, such as editor, journalist, scientist and diplomat. Franklin's dedication to science and knowledge made him one of the greatest representatives of the Enlightenment in the United States.

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Christ The Redeemer, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Christ The Redeemer, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

The 38-meter-tall, over 1,000-ton statue took five years to build. It can be said that she was created by six hands. Engineer Heitor da Silva Costa designed the first project, plastic artist Carlos Oswald was in charge of the final design and French sculptor Paul Landowski modeled the pieces that make up the statue.

The statue unveiling ceremony, October 12, 1931.

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Elagabalus

Elagabalus

He was the twenty-third Roman Emperor (218-222)

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#29

Southern Belle

Southern Belle

It is a painting by Erich Correns that is circa 1850.

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Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa also known as La Gioconda or Mona Lisa del Giocondo is the most notable and well-known work of Leonardo da Vinci, one of the most eminent men of the Italian Renaissance. His painting began in 1503 and it is in this work that the artist best conceived the technique of sfumato.

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