Śilpa Śāstra · Remakes of the Ancient World, Set 23: Part human: gods & creatures, Visitors & the Four Peoples

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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 oldest painting manual. The Citrasūtra, chapters 35–43 of the third book of the Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa (c. 5th–7th century CE, date debated), is the oldest complete Sanskrit treatise on painting. It covers proportion, colour, shading, the feelings a picture should carry, and the arts painting depends on. Stella Kramrisch translated it in 1924. (source)

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A nereid feeds the sea-tiger

Source: Roman mosaic, 2nd century BC · photo Ken and Nyetta · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: A nereid feeds the sea-tiger — original

Realistic — Greek · Nubian · Libyan (Amazigh) · Levantine · Pale

Greek — Realistic
Nubian — Realistic
Libyan (Amazigh) — Realistic
Levantine — Realistic
Pale — Realistic

A nereid rides a sea-leopard (Sousse)

Source: Roman mosaic, Sousse Archaeological Museum, Tunisia · photo Ad Meskens · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: A nereid rides a sea-leopard (Sousse) — original

Realistic — Greek · Nubian · Libyan (Amazigh) · Levantine · Pale

Greek — Realistic
Nubian — Realistic
Libyan (Amazigh) — Realistic
Levantine — Realistic
Pale — Realistic

A triton carrying a platter (Otricoli mosaic)

Source: Roman mosaic from Otricoli, Vatican Museums (Pio-Clementino) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Original: A triton carrying a platter (Otricoli mosaic) — original

Realistic — Greek · Nubian · Libyan (Amazigh) · Levantine · Pale

Greek — Realistic
Nubian — Realistic
Libyan (Amazigh) — Realistic
Levantine — Realistic
Pale — Realistic

An angel scourges a harpy

Source: Anonymous, British, 19th century, Angel Scourging a Harpy (recto); Athletic Scene (verso), ca. 1890 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art 68.676.2 · Open Access CC0

Original: An angel scourges a harpy — original

Realistic — Nubian · Levantine · Pale

Nubian — Realistic
Levantine — Realistic
Pale — Realistic

Harpies carved on a medieval capital

Source: Capital with Addorsed Harpies, Southwest France, Languedoc, Toulouse (?), 13th century · Cleveland Museum of Art 1916.1983 · Open Access CC0

Original: Harpies carved on a medieval capital — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

Perseus with the head of Medusa

Source: Antonio Canova, Perseus with the Head of Medusa, 1804–6 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art 67.110.1 · Open Access CC0

Original: Perseus with the head of Medusa — original

Realistic — Greek · Nubian · Libyan (Amazigh) · Levantine · Pale

Greek — Realistic
Nubian — Realistic
Libyan (Amazigh) — Realistic
Levantine — Realistic
Pale — Realistic

Polyphemus the Cyclops and Galatea

Source: Roman fresco from Pompeii, Naples National Archaeological Museum · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Original: Polyphemus the Cyclops and Galatea — original

Realistic — Greek · Nubian · Libyan (Amazigh) · Levantine · Pale

Greek — Realistic
Nubian — Realistic
Libyan (Amazigh) — Realistic
Levantine — Realistic
Pale — Realistic

Satyrs at rest among ruins

Source: Gaetano Gherardo Zompini, Varii Capricci, e Paesi inventati, e disegnati dal celebre Gio. Benedetto Castiglione ... tratti dal raccolta Zanettiana, 1758–59, published 1786 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art 49.13.7 · Open Access CC0

Original: Satyrs at rest among ruins — original

Realistic — Greek · Nubian · Libyan (Amazigh) · Levantine · Pale

Greek — Realistic
Nubian — Realistic
Libyan (Amazigh) — Realistic
Levantine — Realistic
Pale — Realistic

Sea Peoples captives led by Egyptian soldiers — Medinet Habu (drawing), left group

Source: Line drawing of the Sea Peoples relief, north-east wall, mortuary temple of Ramesses III, Medinet Habu; from Dorothea Gray, Seewesen (Archaeologia Homerica I, ch. G), Göttingen 1974, pp. 166–167; Public domain

Original: Sea Peoples captives led by Egyptian soldiers — Medinet Habu (drawing), left group — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

Sea Peoples captives led by Egyptian soldiers — Medinet Habu (drawing), right group

Source: Line drawing of the Sea Peoples relief, north-east wall, mortuary temple of Ramesses III, Medinet Habu; from Dorothea Gray, Seewesen (Archaeologia Homerica I, ch. G), Göttingen 1974, pp. 166–167; Public domain

Original: Sea Peoples captives led by Egyptian soldiers — Medinet Habu (drawing), right group — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

Ship of the Shekelesh or Sherden — Medinet Habu (drawing)

Source: Line drawing after the Sea Peoples relief, mortuary temple of Ramesses III, Medinet Habu; from Dorothea Gray, Seewesen (Archaeologia Homerica I, ch. G), Göttingen 1974, pp. 166–167; Public domain

Original: Ship of the Shekelesh or Sherden — Medinet Habu (drawing) — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

The naval battle against the Sea Peoples — Medinet Habu (drawing)

Source: Line drawing of the Sea Peoples relief, north-east wall, mortuary temple of Ramesses III, Medinet Habu; from Dorothea Gray, Seewesen (Archaeologia Homerica I, ch. G), Göttingen 1974, pp. 166–167; Public domain

Original: The naval battle against the Sea Peoples — Medinet Habu (drawing) — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

The peoples of the world in the tomb of Seti I (Book of Gates) — Asiatics

Source: Plate 'Neues Reich. Dynastie XIX. Theben, Bab el Meluk, Grab Sethos I.' (1849), tomb of Seti I; scan by NYPL; Public domain

Original: The peoples of the world in the tomb of Seti I (Book of Gates) — Asiatics — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

The peoples of the world in the tomb of Seti I (Book of Gates) — Horus leading the Egyptians

Source: Plate 'Neues Reich. Dynastie XIX. Theben, Bab el Meluk, Grab Sethos I.' (1849), tomb of Seti I; scan by NYPL; Public domain

Original: The peoples of the world in the tomb of Seti I (Book of Gates) — Horus leading the Egyptians — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

The peoples of the world in the tomb of Seti I (Book of Gates) — Libyans

Source: Plate 'Neues Reich. Dynastie XIX. Theben, Bab el Meluk, Grab Sethos I.' (1849), tomb of Seti I; scan by NYPL; Public domain

Original: The peoples of the world in the tomb of Seti I (Book of Gates) — Libyans — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

The peoples of the world in the tomb of Seti I (Book of Gates) — Nubians

Source: Plate 'Neues Reich. Dynastie XIX. Theben, Bab el Meluk, Grab Sethos I.' (1849), tomb of Seti I; scan by NYPL; Public domain

Original: The peoples of the world in the tomb of Seti I (Book of Gates) — Nubians — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic


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