Śilpa Śāstra · Remakes of the Ancient World, Set 30: Mithras

A bronze Naṭarāja from Tamil Nadu and a painted one from Kerala share no single face, yet no one mistakes him. In Śilpa Śāstra the identity of a sacred figure lives in its lakṣaṇa: the gesture, the emblem, the headdress, the measured proportion. We remake ancient scenes the same way. Hathor keeps her horns, sun-disk and menat across every version, and the people who carry them change from Nile to Nubia to the Aegean. Here they are, side by side.

A ruler cut from the image itself. Hindu iconometry measures in tāla, one face-length from hairline to chin, divided into 12 aṅgulas. The aṅgula is the image's own "finger," so the same proportions hold for a hand-sized bronze or a colossus. (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 Roman tauroctony relief

Source: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: A Roman tauroctony relief — original

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Mithra at the investiture, Taq-e Bostan

Source: Philippe Chavin · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: Mithra at the investiture, Taq-e Bostan — original

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Mithras born from the rock

Source: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: Mithras born from the rock — original

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Mithras slaying the bull (Louvre)

Source: Marie-Lan Nguyen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: Mithras slaying the bull (Louvre) — original

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The Felicissimus mosaic of the seven grades, Ostia

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

Original: The Felicissimus mosaic of the seven grades, Ostia — original

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The Marino mithraeum fresco

Source: Unknown · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Original: The Marino mithraeum fresco — original

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The banquet of Mithras and Sol

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

Original: The banquet of Mithras and Sol — original

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The mithraeum under San Clemente

Source: kevingessner · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Original: The mithraeum under San Clemente — original

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All 8 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.