Aristotle is a distinguished gentleman.

http://whathower.com/here-s-what-historical-figures-would-look-like-today/25

Arts said:

Aristotle is a distinguished gentleman.

http://whathower.com/here-s-what-historical-figures-would-look-like-today/25

Thanks. That reminded me I want to watch this, on SBS:

https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/article/2019/07/09/belle-tells-continually-fascinating-unusually-layered-story

Does depend on how good a likeness the original portrait painter was going for – watched “Henry XIII And His Six Wives” on the weekend, in which it was implied Holbein might have tweaked his portrait of Anne Of Cleves to make her look more, er, marriageable.

Arts said:

Aristotle is George Cloony.

http://whathower.com/here-s-what-historical-figures-would-look-like-today/25

FTFY

Neophyte said:

Does depend on how good a likeness the original portrait painter was going for – watched “Henry XIII And His Six Wives” on the weekend, in which it was implied Holbein might have tweaked his portrait of Anne Of Cleves to make her look more, er, marriageable.

It seems that every person of historical importance is aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

Dark Orange said:

Neophyte said:

Does depend on how good a likeness the original portrait painter was going for – watched “Henry XIII And His Six Wives” on the weekend, in which it was implied Holbein might have tweaked his portrait of Anne Of Cleves to make her look more, er, marriageable.

It seems that every person of historical importance is aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

Depends who is on makeup and lights, I suppose.

buffy said:

Dark Orange said:

Neophyte said:

Does depend on how good a likeness the original portrait painter was going for – watched “Henry XIII And His Six Wives” on the weekend, in which it was implied Holbein might have tweaked his portrait of Anne Of Cleves to make her look more, er, marriageable.

It seems that every person of historical importance is aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

Depends who is on makeup and lights, I suppose.

Used portraitshop

Cymek said:

buffy said:

Dark Orange said:

It seems that every person of historical importance is aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

Depends who is on makeup and lights, I suppose.

Used portraitshop

pffft filters are where it is at, man.

Jesus would have to be the prime example of an historical figure portrayed as a modern looking man

Arts said:

http://whathower.com/here-s-what-historical-figures-would-look-like-today/25

Those are all really well done. They’ve played fast and loose with hairstyles, and a little bit with lip width, jawline, eye size, makeup, hair colour. But it’s not overdone. I can really imagine meeting those people walking dowen the street.

Copying Beethoven here for mrs m to see.

mollwollfumble said:

Arts said:

http://whathower.com/here-s-what-historical-figures-would-look-like-today/25

Those are all really well done. They’ve played fast and loose with hairstyles, and a little bit with lip width, jawline, eye size, makeup, hair colour. But it’s not overdone. I can really imagine meeting those people walking dowen the street.

Copying Beethoven here for mrs m to see.

Bubblecar said:

He looks much happier in the one on the right.

> Used portraitshop

Don’t see any portraitshop on the web.

Do you think they’ve started with somebody that looks like the right colour for a historical figure, posed them and then morphed the result to the right feature size and shape?

Bubblecar said:

mollwollfumble said:

Arts said:

http://whathower.com/here-s-what-historical-figures-would-look-like-today/25

Those are all really well done. They’ve played fast and loose with hairstyles, and a little bit with lip width, jawline, eye size, makeup, hair colour. But it’s not overdone. I can really imagine meeting those people walking dowen the street.

Copying Beethoven here for mrs m to see.

he’s really let himself go

I thought this thread was going to be about conservative politicians and Boomers.

GESUS KROIST! =8-O

10 Times Art Restoration Resulted In Destruction

E-GAD!!!

The Most Bizarre Deaths in the Ancient World

ferinstance:
7. Zeuxis: Died Of Laughter After Painting A Gag

Three centuries before Chrysippus had his last laugh, the ancient Greek painter Zeuxis met the same fate. Though none of his paintings remain today, Zeuxis was said to have been one of the greatest painters of his time, so skillful that birds would swoop down out of the sky to try and eat the grapes from his paintings. But when an old woman commissioned Zeuxis to paint a portrait of the beautiful goddess Aphrodite using her as the model, the resulting painting was so absurd, it caused Zeuxis to laugh himself to death.

btw,
kewl website
TA

Ogmog said:

E-GAD!!!

The Most Bizarre Deaths in the Ancient World

ferinstance:
7. Zeuxis: Died Of Laughter After Painting A Gag

Three centuries before Chrysippus had his last laugh, the ancient Greek painter Zeuxis met the same fate. Though none of his paintings remain today, Zeuxis was said to have been one of the greatest painters of his time, so skillful that birds would swoop down out of the sky to try and eat the grapes from his paintings. But when an old woman commissioned Zeuxis to paint a portrait of the beautiful goddess Aphrodite using her as the model, the resulting painting was so absurd, it caused Zeuxis to laugh himself to death.

btw,
kewl website
TA

On 24 March 1974 an English bricklayer named Alex Mitchell laughed so hard at the Goodies episode Kung Fu Kapers that, after 25 minutes of laughter, he died. His widow sent the Goodies a letter thanking them for making his last minutes so pleasant.

Just imagine what Australia’s 1952 monarch would look like in modern clothes.

dv said:

Just imagine what Australia’s 1952 monarch would look like in modern clothes.

Bah. I am saving my imagining resources for a carbon neutral energy future.

dv said:

Just imagine what Australia’s 1952 monarch would look like in modern clothes.

She seems happier these days.

Dark Orange said:

Neophyte said:

Does depend on how good a likeness the original portrait painter was going for – watched “Henry XIII And His Six Wives” on the weekend, in which it was implied Holbein might have tweaked his portrait of Anne Of Cleves to make her look more, er, marriageable.

It seems that every person of historical importance is aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

Not necessarily.

Dark Orange said:

Neophyte said:

Does depend on how good a likeness the original portrait painter was going for – watched “Henry XIII And His Six Wives” on the weekend, in which it was implied Holbein might have tweaked his portrait of Anne Of Cleves to make her look more, er, marriageable.

It seems that every person of historical importance is aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

Seriously;
Not a wandering eye or a hare lip in the lot.

..and it’s a wonder all those ladies didn’t starve to death
whilst trying to shove a sammich between those tiny pursed lips.

It would seem that artists were bound by a formula of idealized beauty,
so much so that it appears that the eyes and mouths were stenciled on
likewise their heart shaped face and useless soft pointy fingered hands.