Śilpa Śāstra · Remakes of the Ancient World, Set 15: Human species, full body, Skulls to faces, Greek myth on pottery & more

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Classical Indian image-makers used a unit taken from the figure itself: the tāla, one face-length, divided into twelve fingers. Gods, goddesses, humans and spirits each have their own count, so proportion itself says what order of being you are looking at. Egypt had a squared grid and Greece had Polykleitos' canon, each a sibling workshop with its own measure. Our remakes keep each scene's canon and attributes and let the peoples vary. Here is the next batch.

The All-Maker. Two hymns of the Ṛgveda (10.81–82) praise Viśvakarman, "All-Maker," the one with eyes, faces, arms and feet on every side, who forged heaven and earth. Later tradition made him architect of the gods, and artisans across India still worship their tools on his festival. (source)

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Australopithecus afarensis ('Lucy', AL 288-1) — several possible bodies

Source: Australopithecus afarensis ('Lucy', AL 288-1) · height about 105–151 cm · c. 3.9–2.9 million years ago · Hadar, Ethiopia. · image: Lucy blackbg.jpg · 120 · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ·

Original: Australopithecus afarensis ('Lucy', AL 288-1) — several possible bodies — original

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Homo erectus ('Turkana Boy', KNM-WT 15000) — several possible bodies

Source: Homo erectus ('Turkana Boy', KNM-WT 15000) · height about 145–185 cm · c. 1.5 million years ago (the boy); species c. 1.9 million–110,000 years ago · Nariokotome, Kenya. · image: Turkana Boy at the American Museum of Natural History.jpg · Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ·

Original: Homo erectus ('Turkana Boy', KNM-WT 15000) — several possible bodies — original

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Paranthropus boisei — several possible bodies

Source: Paranthropus boisei · height about 124–137 cm · c. 2.3–1.2 million years ago · East Africa (Olduvai, Koobi Fora). · image: Paranthropus boisei IMG 2933-black.jpg · Rama · CC BY-SA 3.0 fr · Wikimedia Commons ·

Original: Paranthropus boisei — several possible bodies — original

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A Mycenaean of the grave circles — several possible faces

Source: c. 1600–1500 BC · Mycenae, Greece (Grave Circle; the 'Mask of Agamemnon' context) · skull image: Reconstruction of face from the Grave Circle B, AM Mycenae, 090995.jpg · Zde · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ·

Original: A Mycenaean of the grave circles — several possible faces — original

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A Natufian of the Levant — several possible faces

Source: c. 15,000–11,500 years ago (Natufian) · southern Levant · skull image: Human skeleton (Rockefeller Museum).jpg · Davidbena · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ·

Original: A Natufian of the Levant — several possible faces — original

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An ancient Egyptian skull — several possible faces

Source: Dynastic Egypt (dates vary by specimen) · Nile Valley · skull image: Skull - Egyptian Human Mummy - Egyptian Gallery - Indian Museum - Kolkata 2014-04-04 4355.JPG · Biswarup Ganguly · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skull_-Egyptian_Human_Mummy-Egyptian_Gallery-Indian_Museum-_Kolkata_2014-04-04_4355.JPG

Original: An ancient Egyptian skull — several possible faces — original

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The plastered skull of 'Ain Ghazal — several possible faces

Source: c. 9,000 years ago (Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) · 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan · skull image: Plastered face modeled on a human skull. From Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, c. 6500 BCE. Jordan Archaeological Museum, Amman.jpg · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ·

Original: The plastered skull of 'Ain Ghazal — several possible faces — original

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Dionysos riding a leopard

Source: Pebble mosaic, House of Dionysos, Pella Archaeological Museum · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Original: Dionysos riding a leopard — original

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Eos lifts the body of her son Memnon

Source: Douris, Attic red-figure kylix, Louvre G115 · photo/scan: Signed by Douris (painter) and Kalliades (potter) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Hades and Persephone at a banquet

Source: Kodros Painter (ARV 1269, 3), Attic red-figure kylix, interior · photo/scan: ArchaiOptix · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · cropped to the scene

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The gods on Olympus: Hermes and Maia, Apollo, Dionysos

Source: Nikoxenos Painter, Attic red-figure belly-amphora (side B), Munich Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2304 · photo/scan: Nikoxenos Painter · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Original: The gods on Olympus: Hermes and Maia, Apollo, Dionysos — original

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The procession to the Judgement of Paris

Source: Attic black-figure amphora, Munich Staatliche Antikensammlungen 837 · photo/scan: Paris Painter (name vase) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · cropped to the scene

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The triumph of Poseidon and Amphitrite

Source: Roman mosaic from Pompeii, Naples National Archaeological Museum 10007 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · cropped to the scene

Original: The triumph of Poseidon and Amphitrite — original

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Egypt and Nubia, Vol. I, No. 10: Edfou

Source: Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1838. Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0

Original: Egypt and Nubia, Vol. I, No. 10: Edfou — original

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Egypt and Nubia, Vol. I: Luxor

Source: Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846. Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0

Original: Egypt and Nubia, Vol. I: Luxor — original

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Egypt and Nubia, Vol. I: Pyramids of Geezeh, from the Nile

Source: Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846. Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0

Original: Egypt and Nubia, Vol. I: Pyramids of Geezeh, from the Nile — original

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Egypt and Nubia, Vol. I: Siout, Upper Egypt

Source: Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1847. Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0

Original: Egypt and Nubia, Vol. I: Siout, Upper Egypt — original

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Egypt and Nubia, Vol. I: View on the Nile looking towards the pyramids of Dashour and Sakkarah

Source: Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846. Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0

Original: Egypt and Nubia, Vol. I: View on the Nile looking towards the pyramids of Dashour and Sakkarah — original

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Egypt and Nubia, Vol. II: Hagar Setsilis

Source: Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1847. Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0

Original: Egypt and Nubia, Vol. II: Hagar Setsilis — original

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Egypt and Nubia, Vol. III: Alexandria

Source: Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1848. Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0

Original: Egypt and Nubia, Vol. III: Alexandria — original

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