PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWood statue of a man with rock crystal for the eyes, Egypt, ~2500 BCElemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1302arrow-down15
arrow-up1297arrow-down1external-linkWood statue of a man with rock crystal for the eyes, Egypt, ~2500 BCElemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·2 months agoThat’s really impressive, for a couple seconds I thought it was body paint
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoIt really is fantastic, I thought it was a re-enactor or the like from the thumbnail. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any ancient statue like it.
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-22 months agoLack of hair makes it more realistic. Hair has always been difficult to recreate in art. Notice how there are no eyebrows or eyelashes either.
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThose black ridges over the eyes kind of give the illusion of eyelashes with eyeliner though
That’s really impressive, for a couple seconds I thought it was body paint
It really is fantastic, I thought it was a re-enactor or the like from the thumbnail. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any ancient statue like it.
Lack of hair makes it more realistic. Hair has always been difficult to recreate in art.
Notice how there are no eyebrows or eyelashes either.
Those black ridges over the eyes kind of give the illusion of eyelashes with eyeliner though