Śilpa Śāstra · Remakes of the Ancient World, Set 7: Minoans, Carthage & the Phoenicians, Greece & Scheria & 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.

Opening the eyes. When a mūrti is finished, netronmīlana, the opening of the eyes, brings it to life. The sculptor cuts the last line of the eye, or the priest touches it with a golden needle during prāṇa-pratiṣṭhā, the "establishing of breath." In Swamimalai the bronze casters still call this rite kaṇ-tiṟappu. (source)

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The saffron gatherers of Thera

Source: Akrotiri fresco (Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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

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

A Phoenician war galley

Source: Assyrian relief, British Museum (Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Realistic — Punic (Carthaginian) · Nubian · Libyan (Amazigh) · Levantine · Pale

Punic (Carthaginian) — Realistic
Nubian — Realistic
Libyan (Amazigh) — Realistic
Levantine — Realistic
Pale — Realistic

Hannibal crosses the Alps

Source: Nicolas Poussin (public domain)

Realistic — Punic (Carthaginian) · Nubian · Libyan (Amazigh) · Levantine · Pale

Punic (Carthaginian) — Realistic
Nubian — Realistic
Libyan (Amazigh) — Realistic
Levantine — Realistic
Pale — Realistic

Hannibal's elephants cross the Rhone

Source: Henri Motte, 1878 (public domain)

Realistic — Punic (Carthaginian) · Nubian · Libyan (Amazigh) · Levantine · Pale

Punic (Carthaginian) — Realistic
Nubian — Realistic
Libyan (Amazigh) — Realistic
Levantine — Realistic
Pale — Realistic

Phoenician ships carrying cedar

Source: Khorsabad relief, Louvre (public domain)

Realistic — Punic (Carthaginian) · Nubian · Libyan (Amazigh) · Levantine · Pale

Punic (Carthaginian) — Realistic
Nubian — Realistic
Libyan (Amazigh) — Realistic
Levantine — Realistic
Pale — Realistic

Hera nursing Herakles

Source: Apulian vase, British Museum F107 (Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5)

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

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

Nausicaa meets Odysseus on Scheria

Source: Pieter Lastman (public domain)

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

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

Odysseus at the court of Alcinous, Scheria

Source: Francesco Hayez (public domain)

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

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

The infant Herakles strangles the serpents

Source: Attic vase, Louvre G192 (public domain)

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

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

The Nubian bathhouse

Source: Illustration · operator reference

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

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

The god-king, the incense and the litter

Source: Illustration · operator reference

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

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

A woman offers lotus to Ra

Source: Painted wooden stele · operator reference

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

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

Before Osiris

Source: Papyrus of Hunefer, Book of the Dead · operator reference

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

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

Libation before the falcon god

Source: Painted wooden stele · operator reference

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

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

Offering stele under the winged sun

Source: Painted wooden stele · operator reference

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

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

Offering to Osiris

Source: Book of the Dead · operator reference

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

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

Osiris, Anubis and Isis

Source: Book of the Dead · operator reference

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

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

Prayer before the jackal shrine

Source: Book of the Dead · operator reference

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

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

Purification with water and soap

Source: Tomb painting · operator reference

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

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

Stele of the sky goddess

Source: Painted wooden stele · operator reference

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

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


All 20 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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