Covid off subject

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


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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
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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
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