Modern day monarch. Early Modern Period (~1600 AD) Medieval Period (~1000 AD) (thelemmy.club)
 

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[–] 62 points 5 months ago

“Predicts”

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  • [–] 39 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I suspect he would have less flesh today.

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  • [–] 31 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Why would we trust AI over someone who was painting the person right in front of them?

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Portraits were definitely "improved" by artists to make the person look thinner, paler, etc. The happier the customer, the more likely they would get work within their elite inner circle (portraits were a luxury, not common for most of history).

    They were done by skilled people with training though. Early paints were not easy to use as they were not nicely mixed in metal tubes. They had to be manually mixed pigments and binders (many containing lead and mercury).

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago* (9 children)

    Henry the 8th was hot as hell as a young, fit adult. There are libraries of vague, contemporaneous homoeroticism preserved to verify it. The pic on the right significantly decreases his attractiveness in a way that feels almost antagonistic.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Wasn't being chubby seen as an attractive trait back then because it implied wealth?

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    Ran into this absolute unit in big tesco.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    This is the face of a man who hosts a cooking show based on the premise of finding a wife he can later divorce or behead.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    They're the same picture

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Same is true for Handel, he wouldn't look out of place down the pub watching football. That powdered wig does a lot of heavy lifting making him look contemporary to his era and class.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Hasn’t aged a day!

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Kick the bawwlllll!!!

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Yeah, he'd look like a chud now too.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Looks like my aunts best friend/roomate.

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