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Artist Lets Us Get A Glimpse Of What These 20 Famous Historical And Popular Figures ‘Really’ Looked Like
Being born in the modern age, we often forget how different things were before us. People could only know what someone looked like based on an artist's subjective vision or a grainy black-and-white photo. Despite the efforts of the artists, paintings can rarely achieve the level of realism that pictures can. And thus, people often wonder how some of the most famous historical figures really looked with all of the subjectiveness removed from the image. Bas Uterwijk, a photographer from Amsterdam who has a background in computer graphics, 3D animation, and special effects, slowly but surely tries to provide the answer to this aching question.
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#1
Statue Of Liberty
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Vincent Van Gogh
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Fayum Mummy Portraits
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David (Michelangelo)
#5
Jesus Christ
Avriel Schwartz 6 years ago
This reconstruction looks far too European. Genetically he would have looked closer to a Sephardi Jew from the Middle East.
#6
Napoleon
#7
Rembrandt
#8
Billy The Kid
#9
Frankenstein's Monster
#10
Sandro Botticelli
#11
Niccolò Machiavelli
#12
Fayum Mummy Portraits
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George Washington
#14
Fayum Mummy Portraits
Eulalie Grace 6 years ago
I love Fayum Mummy portraits. Very Romanesque - because they were. So much like the portraits found in Pompeii
#15
Fayum Mummy Portraits
#17
Elizabeth I, Queen Of England
Jordan Westall 6 years ago
It doesn’t look like the artist did anything different from the original painting
#18
Jan Van Eyck
#19
Sandro Botticelli
#20
Alfred E. Newman (Mad Magazine)
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What do you think ?
Laura Maeflower 6 years ago
I love how real faces aren't symmetrical, there's so much character in faces and in these portrayals.
Laura Maeflower 6 years ago
I love how real faces aren't symmetrical, there's so much character in faces and in these portrayals.
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