Śilpa Śāstra · Remakes of the Ancient World, Set 27: Tombs, caves & musicians, Boats, fishing & hunting, Beekeeping

in shilpashastra •  5 hours ago 

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 science of making. Śilpa means art, craft and skill; śāstra means a systematic teaching. Stella Kramrisch read śilpa as spanning "art, skill, craft, labor, ingenuity, rite and ritual, form and creation." Śilpa Śāstra is the body of treatises that governs how images, paintings, bronzes, carvings and crafted things are made, measured and consecrated. (source)

We are testing these features and looking to develop them. This is Hathor's alpha work, made on our own servers — the images and videos she makes next are expected to be much better and more accurate. Tell us what works and what doesn't: every video page has 👍/👎, comments and timestamped notes.

The full gallery, every scene in every look: https://hathor.soapbox.community/remakes · Shilpa Shastra gallery: https://hathor.soapbox.community/gallery


A Mimbres bowl

Source: anonymous · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: A Mimbres bowl — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

An aulos player on a Greek vase

Source: Smikros (?) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Original: An aulos player on a Greek vase — original

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

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

Chumash Painted Cave

Source: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner from Wellington, New Zealand · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: Chumash Painted Cave — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

Cueva de las Manos

Source: Mariano · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Original: Cueva de las Manos — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

Horses of Lascaux

Source: HTO · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Original: Horses of Lascaux — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

Newspaper Rock petroglyphs

Source: Greg Tally - User: (WT-shared) WineCountryInn at wts wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: Newspaper Rock petroglyphs — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

Paintings of Serra da Capivara

Source: Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: Paintings of Serra da Capivara — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

Rock painting at Bhimbetka

Source: Yann ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: Rock painting at Bhimbetka — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

The Great Gallery, Barrier Canyon

Source: CanyonlandsNPS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Original: The Great Gallery, Barrier Canyon — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

The Harper's Song: a blind harper

Source: Maler der Grabkammer des Nacht · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Original: The Harper's Song: a blind harper — original

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

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

The Standard of Ur, the banquet panel

Source: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: The Standard of Ur, the banquet panel — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

The bison of Altamira

Source: HTO · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Original: The bison of Altamira — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

The lions of Chauvet

Source: HTO · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Original: The lions of Chauvet — original

Realistic — As depicted

As depicted — Realistic

A Middle Kingdom model boat and crew

Source: Didier Descouens · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Original: A Middle Kingdom model boat and crew — original

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

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

A papyrus boat on the Nile

Source: The original uploader was Jonathunder at English Wikipedia . · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Original: A papyrus boat on the Nile — original

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

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

Phoenician ships on an Assyrian relief

Source: Наталия Данииловна Абрагамович · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: Phoenician ships on an Assyrian relief — original

Realistic — Punic (Carthaginian)

Punic (Carthaginian) — Realistic

Gathering honey, tomb of Rekhmire

Source: Nina M. Davies · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: Gathering honey, tomb of Rekhmire — original

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

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

The Malia bee pendant

Source: Cayambe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: The Malia bee pendant — original

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

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


All 18 scenes in this set, and every other remake, are in the gallery: https://hathor.soapbox.community/remakes. Made on our own servers in Hathor Studio; each scene links to its place in the gallery.

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