Artist Lets Us Get A Glimpse Of What These 28 Famous Historical And Popular Figures ‘Really’ Looked Like (New Pics)
Interview With ArtistWe all know what famous personalities of the modern day look like, but it's a whole different topic when it comes to history. Most of them were portrayed by artists who were influenced by the trends and technologies of their day, and their own unique style was a factor too. It's not rare that one single person looked completely differently depending on the artist. So naturally, we come to wonder what they really looked like. And the current technology powered by computers and artificial intelligence offers an answer to that interest. And sometimes the answer looks so real it's even creepy. It's as if these historical personalities are our own contemporaries.
The Netherlands artist Bas Uterwijk, known as Ganbrood on Instagram, satisfies our curiosity yet again by showing some new and updated versions of historical and fictional personalities.
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Nefertiti
Cleopatra
Another powerful woman who pissed off the lovers who couldn't control her
Aphrodite (New Version)
Akhenaten
David By Michelangelo (New Version)
Tutankhamun
I learned recently he was the product of incest so he had a lot of deformities
Elizabeth I (New Version)
Jesus Christ Based On Leonardo Da Vinci's "Savior Of The World"
At least it's not the Northern European Jesus that we're all used to see 🤪
Apollo
Fayum Mummy Portrait (New Version)
William Shakespeare's Juliet Capulet
Mary Shelley
Lilith
Queen Tia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mona Lisa
Idia
Fayum Mummy Portrait (New Version)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
He looks much older here than he ever got (he died at 37). Maybe Mozart the elder?
Judith Jans Leyster
Anne Lister
I love when they make them smiling :) For some reason it makes them feel more real
Sofonisba Anguissola
Doomguy (New Version)
Fayum Mummy Portrait (New Version)
Isabella Brant (New Version)
some of these are beginning to look repetitive, especially around the eyes
Farmer From Laren By Martinus Van Regteren Altena
Sandro Botticelli's Portrait Of A Young Man Holding A Roundel
Vincenzo Catena's Portrait Of A Young Man
This is just a list of tweaks made to fit modern standards of beauty: smooth skin, sharp chin, well-shaped lips, etc.
Many of the Egyptian ones are completely inaccurate. Ancient Egyptians were not sub-Saharan (black) africans. They were Mediterranean/European/Middle Eastern people. In other words, they looked white. Historians have always known this and it has now been scientifically confirmed with DNA. https://news.sky.com/story/egyptian-mummies-have-european-and-turkish-dna-scientists-10898867
Yes, but nowadays if you dare to say it you're finished.
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Many of the Egyptian ones are completely inaccurate. Ancient Egyptians were not sub-Saharan (black) africans. They were Mediterranean/European/Middle Eastern people. In other words, they looked white. Historians have always known this and it has now been scientifically confirmed with DNA. https://news.sky.com/story/egyptian-mummies-have-european-and-turkish-dna-scientists-10898867
Yes, but nowadays if you dare to say it you're finished.
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