PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoWood statue of a man with rock crystal for the eyes, Egypt, ~2500 BCElemmy.worldimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1274arrow-down15
arrow-up1269arrow-down1imageWood statue of a man with rock crystal for the eyes, Egypt, ~2500 BCElemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·16 hours agoThat’s really impressive, for a couple seconds I thought it was body paint
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-214 hours 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-up6·10 hours agoThose black ridges over the eyes kind of give the illusion of eyelashes with eyeliner though
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·16 hours 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.
That’s really impressive, for a couple seconds I thought it was body paint
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
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.