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On Sun, 09 May 2021 09:47:40 +0700, John B.
wrote: On Sat, 08 May 2021 18:50:23 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote: Incidentally, what I find amusing is that modern digital artists have reverse engineered the historical idealized portraits and statues to produce a 3D version of what they allegedly looked like when the portrait was created: https://www.google.com/search?q=what+historical+figures+looked+like&tbm=i sch The problem is that most are presented as what they actually looked like, not what the artist was paid to make them look like. Something like the Picture of Dorian Gray revisited. Re allegedly looked like. I just read an article (forgot where) about the showing of what various primitive "men" looked like and they now reckon that the original depictions are all wrong and they really looked different :-) Yep. That's typical of any kind of reverse engineering using very limited samples. There is not much available in the way of prehistoric human remains, most of which are fossilized bones (turned to rock). What little remains does include some soft tissue from which tiny amounts of melanin can be extracted giving some clue as to skin tone and color. It's really bad when trying to reverse engineer dinosaurs, which are usually depicted looking something like a giant lizard but in reality may have been quite colorful. "The Colors of Dinosaurs Open a New Window to Study the Past" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/colors-dinosaurs-open-new-window-study-past-180972070/ Of course, we also tend to introduce racial and political prejudices to the reconstruction, resulting in the original Neanderthal man looking like a conglomeration of ape, hunchback, troglodyte, ogre, retard, and sloth: https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/1/1-neanderthal-man-granger.jpg https://www.vox.com/2016/9/20/12968814/neanderthals-savages-stereotype-boule We're getting better at realistic depictions... well, maybe not: https://www.google.com/search?q=neanderthal+reconstruction&tbm=isch -- Jeff Liebermann PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272 Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Sun, 9 May 2021 10:53:03 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 5/8/2021 9:50 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: Trump will probably look like whatever the paid artists of the future make him look like. Probably younger, normal weight, proper hair color, and fewer signs of aging. It's already been done by his worshippers, and it's predictably ludicrous. https://www.teepublic.com/poster-and...ld-trump-rambo Also been done by his detractors: https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+caricature&tbm=isch -- Jeff Liebermann PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272 Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 5:03:32 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 5/9/2021 6:00 PM, John B. wrote: On Sun, 9 May 2021 10:53:03 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 5/8/2021 9:50 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 09 May 2021 05:45:51 +0700, John B. wrote: On Sat, 8 May 2021 13:03:57 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 5/7/2021 8:52 PM, John B. wrote: The proper standard is, do they worship Trump? If so, they are correct. Nothing else counts. Just ask Tom - or the majority of the Republican party. But how can you worship a god with dyed hair, wearing makeup, and a girdle and who is reduced to assaulting women in the changing booth of a department store? In a few years, the image of former President Trump will be whatever the Photoshop touch up or portrait artists portray him. Artists have been creating idealized portraits and statues of rulers for as long as artists have been getting paid to do so. After some time has past, the perception of what a person really looked like tends to change. This is especially true with US presidents, where 8 years in office usually has a visible effect and touchup is required to hide the aging: https://www.google.com/search?q=us+presidents+before+and+after+pictures&t bm=isch Trump will probably look like whatever the paid artists of the future make him look like. Probably younger, normal weight, proper hair color, and fewer signs of aging. It's already been done by his worshippers, and it's predictably ludicrous. https://www.teepublic.com/poster-and...ld-trump-rambo Gee, and such a bargain! Only $20 for a tee shirt. I looked but could not find a 'Crazy Uncle Joe Biden as Rambo' tee shirt. Some offerings are actually humorous! https://images.luxuryfashiontee.com/...hirt-shirt.jpg https://sapelle.com/wp-content/uploa...21210522-6.jpg https://trendteeshirts.com/wp-conten...ed-T-shirt.png -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 https://mevavo.store/product/you-kno...biden-t-shirt/ https://www.amazon.com/When-Die-Dont...2 881&sr=8-18 https://www.amazon.com/Biden-Falling...2 973&sr=8-23 |
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