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Da Vinci still looks like an artist. He looks like he "experienced" the 1960s. Beethoven looks a bit like an adult alternative songwriter. He fronted a grunge band in the mid to late 1990s before going solo around 2001.
What's so interesting about this project is that it really strips away all the "myth" of these (in)famous historical figures. There's so much iconography and legendary status associated with them that they almost feel "beyond human" at times, but then you put on some modern clothes and give them a modern haircut and you realize that they're just, well, people. Extraordinairy people, sure, but still people whose lives could be just as boring and mundane as ours. If they'd end up in the modern age, you'd have to do very little appearance-wise to help them blend in. Which is fascinating.
Some of the life drawings by the painter Holbein are so lifelike that if it were not for the 16th century hairstyles and clothes, the subjects could be English (or Welsh) of today.
Yes but some of these people had real power, or were geniuses. Most of us will never have ir be either one. That's the difference between us and them. No one will remember us when we're gone, but they'll still be talking about them.
@@The_OneManCrowd True, but because of that power or genius, you often forget that they were just people in their own right. We remember the inventions, the power moves, the extremely good and the extremely bad. Which makes it easy to forget that these things only encompassed a very small part of their lives. Even the lives of the great are often mundane on a day to day basis. And it's nice to be reminded of the fact they aren't gods or myths: they were also flawed human beings going on about their day.
Look at the people of today who will be remembered 200 years from now. Or, to put it a little differently, the people of today in the same positions (Prince William, Queen Elizabeth, Megan Markle) if they had been living back then.
I had a patient that looked EXACTLY LIKE HENRY VIII the other night. He even had gout/foot problems (it was supposed that Henry viii had issues with his feet).
Caesar: A CEO of a major corporation Henry XIII: a bloke at the pub who used to be a great rugby player and once scored four touchdowns in one game! DaVincci: That old guy with that Ferrari he’s forever working on. Joan of Arc: That quiet girl in school who the bully pushed too far one day… Livia: Haven’t I seen her in a movie? Hadrian: My law film can get you thousands more for your accident! Antinous: Total pro snowboarder. Mary: That cousin of your you’re not sure if you can trust. Another Mary: That older sibling you KNOW you can’t trust. Washington: That uncle who had a really interesting life… but that was years ago and he’s retired now. Newton: That guy in the neighborhood that we all hate because he thinks he’s so much smarter than the rest of us (mostly because it’s true) Bach: Your High School band teacher. Beethoven: That other music teacher (the one who taught the music classes that you weren’t in.) Michelangelo: That neighbor who’s a little too into landscaping his yard. Young Hercules: With the 7th pick of the NFL Draft the Chicago Bears select out of Michigan, Offensive tackle… Marcus Aurelius: He is the World’s Most Interesting Man (and his son is such a disappointment…) Bull Bear: That cool guidance counselor you had for a year in middle school.
Meanwhile, in a parallel universe, in a 21st century almost identical to ours (same technology, same geography, almost same culture) : • ― ❛❛ Julian, your leadership and the way you manage your ''troops'' (employees in a company) is very effective. Who knows ? You could have ruled Ancient Rome in another Life.❜❜ ― ❛❛ well, I hope I wouldn't get murdered by an adopted son then. ❜❜ **laugh together and palm slaps on the back.**. • ― ❛❛ Henry, again, just because Anne doesn't love you doesn't mean you're a loser. ❜❜ ― ❛❛ It' easy to say. She doesn't like me 'cause I'm fat and a bartender. I'm sure if I had been king of England in another Life, she would bow to me. ❜❜ ― ❛❛ Henry, if you were King of England in another Life, everybody would remember you for some reason with a turkey leg in your hand. ❜❜ ― ❛❛ Oh shut up Tim! ❜❜ • ― ❛❛ You're so talented Leo. I'm sure you could have been a great engineer and a HUGE artist if you had lived during the Renaissance period in Italy and France. Imagine that, You would have made History. ❜❜ ― ❛❛ Let's not exaggerate. Speaking of Art, I didn't tell you but Lisa wants me to paint her portrait and I'm not sure if I can do it. ❜❜ • ― ❛❛ Jeanne, qu'est-ce qui ne va pas ? ❜❜ ― ❛❛ C'est ces connards de la classe d'anglais qui se moquent encore de moi. Si je le pouvais, je les bouterais hors de l'école. ❜❜ • ― ❛❛ I can't help but imagining you as a goddesse Livia. ❜❜ ― ❛❛ I know. ❜❜ • ― ❛❛ Who? Hadrian? Oh yeah... he's a cool guy. He's cool, he's cool.❜❜ ― ❛❛ Even if he was a Roman Emperor in another Life, I'm sure he would have been a cool Emperor. ❜❜ • ― ❛❛ So, Anthony, does a beautiful young man like you have a girlfriend? ❜❜ ― ❛❛ Oh, Uh... well, uh... uhhhhh... Urgh! It's so embarrassing! Well, uh... actually, I don't really like girls. ❜❜ ― ❛❛ Ooooooh... I see.❜❜ • ― ❛❛ So, Mary, you opened an instagram channel recently? ❜❜ ― ❛❛ For the pseudonym, I thought about ''Queen of Scots'' for some reason. What do you think? ❜❜ • ― ❛❛ Mary, (the other one) please, try to be a little more tolerant. You know, centuries ago, intolerance brought... horrible things. ❜❜ • ― ❛❛ You're drunk once again George. The only thing of which you are the ''Founding Father'' (besides your alcoholism) is your family. ❜❜ • ― ❛❛ So, Isaac, you fell asleep under an apple tree and... ❜❜ • ― ❛❛ My music teacher is sooo boriiiing!!! ❜❜ • ― ❛❛ Yeah... Ludwig is my replacement music teacher. He's a little less boring. ❜❜ • ― ❛❛ I heard that guy likes to do graffiti on walls. ❜❜ • ― ❛❛ He was a bully at School. Thank God he has no super-human strength or something. ❜❜ • ― ❛❛ That weird dude talked to me about stoicism. I didn't really understand. ❜❜ • ― ❛❛ Everybody thinks he's a Hispanic but he told me he's actually a Native. ❜❜
The AI didn't get all of the face shapes, noses, ears and mouth shapes right. Like Mary Queen of Scots for example. Her face was longer, as was her nose, in the old painting. The AI is apparently trying to positively idealize the faces. Accuracy is better than an idealized version. However, some of the AI portraits were Very good.
Exact nose, lip and ear shapes which an artist might've altered but are hallmarks for accuracy were often ignored. Some other portraits of Henry VIII are more accurate, such as the one of him in three-quarter profile by Holbein; there's a different looking nose in it anyway.
@@kikidevine694I'll go back in time and take a picture of them one by one , be right back! , If only that is possible , I hope humans can discover in the future to go back in time but even if they mess something up in that timeline , it will only affect "that" timeline , not their original timeline , the timeline where they came from will not get affected because its a "parallel universe" .
@@kikidevine694how do you the the paintings were idealized? Even so, the AI version didn’t match the “idealized” painting and distorted it more Your comment is useless. You really are talking out of your ass
Julius Caesar today would be Emperor of a global financial empire instead of a geographic one. Side note: Movie casting directors should use this to find actors & actresses.
He was never an emperor, he had the title of dictator for life, and was the last ruler of the Roman republic, before it became the Roman Empire after a civil war.
It is really interesting and funny to see these famous people with modern clothes and hair as if they would live among us today. Yes please do more videos like this.
Each person has around 7 alive lookalikes, if you include historical ones that are dead, the numbee is much higher, we wont get some lookalikes for historical figures like badly inbred medieval monarchs tho as inbreeding isnt as common & wont always do the same bad things
What this reiterates for me is the fact that no matter how a person is idolized or how relatively important they may have been at one point in history or how mythical and above human they may have become in their immortalized sculptures and paintings in the end behind it all they are just ordinary flawed humans like the rest of us and in a different place and time, they could just be another nobody sitting next you on the train on the way to work.
Of course. Every single human, no matter what effect their existence had in history, was ultimately just one single frail human who lived and died (or will die).
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I feel like the portrayal of Washington doesn't line up with the descriptions. Washington was famous for his self-discipline and dignity, without being snobbish. Many felt his actual height, combined with his mannerisms left a majestic impression. This portrayal feels more like a washed up old guy at a bar. The sense of discipline and majesty he was known for is just not there. The eyes and mouth in particular seem off, giving an impression of seeming burnt out as opposed to a sense of dedication.
They all could work in a modeling agency LOL (except for Henry VIII who also gained a lot of weight.) No way these are accurate representations of the look-a-likes of this time and the portraits, draws and sculptures. The AI most be bias to some beauty filtering, I dont know.
This is fascinating - really helps to humanise these historical figures in a way I’ve not seen before. They were all amazing - but I expected Beethoven to look older. But Antinous wouldn’t look out of place on a runway!
Bear in mind that portraits were all idealized. They tell us more about what the beauty standards were in the various time periods than what these people actually looked like in the flesh. This is clearly shown by 'Young Hercules', who is of course a mythological figure. His depiction therefore tells us what contemporaneous people considered to be a handsome young man. Notice how similar Antinous looks to him. The bust is a flattering, possibly near fantastical portrayal of him designed to make him admired.
I was thinking the same thing. Almost made accomplishing something notable feel more easily grasped - I mean, “dare I say” of course - but you catch my drift
1:02 Julius Caesar 1:27 King Henry VIII 1:50 Leonardo Da Vinci 2:16 Joan Of Arc 2:45 Livia Drusilla 3:05 Hadrian 3:30 Antinous 3:59 Mary Queen Of Scots 4:22 Mary Tudor 4:47 George Washington 5:13 Isaac Newton 5:44 Johaan Sebastian Bach 6:01 Beethoven 6:30 Michelangelo 6:50 Young Herclues 7:15 Marcus Aurelius Roman Emperor 7:40 Matau-Tathonca ‘’ Bull Bear’’
Henry the 8th actually looks like he fits someone who'd live in Yorkshire today. Julus Ceaser looks like a Corporation CEO or a bit like an Italian politician. Joan of Arc looks like a working class lady. They probably should have gone for an older look for Beethoven though. There's a litle uncanny valley with the animations at place, but is is very impressive design and technology and i'm certain most of them would look exactly like this.
Not to mention, Joan of Arc was only about seventeen when she did her most famous heroic deeds- and roughly nineteen when she was murdered- and about 5 foot two inches in height!
She would've had her head shaved on the sides, spiked hair on top and her hair would've been dyed either pink or blue. She most likely would've had tattoos and a nose ring
That's a very flattering rendition of Mary Tudor. I always thought the painting portrayed a rather severe-looking woman. It looks like she finally got to benefit from the magic of Instagram face filters. Also, Beethoven was given an athletic body type here, and made younger. I always picture him as a stocky yet gaunt old man (While only in his 40's), whose kidneys and liver were being absolutely destroyed by alcoholism. He died at the youngish age of 56.
too many of the female portrayals are like that. they all look waaaaaay over done. the guys look ok, but all the ladies look way nicer than their original likeness edit: and then i got to Beethoven..,, that looks nothing like him 😂
Indeed. Caesar looks as dominating and assertive as ever. Times may have change, but power is power, and Caesar knows how to seize it, either in a toga or in a suit
@@someorclad9738 I just want to say that obviously within the context of this video, caesar refers to julius, but he was not the only Caesar so it’s good to refer to him as Julius caesar or Gaius Julius etc
Julias Caesar - politician King Henry - Bartender Da Vinci - local vendor/artist Joan - office assistant Livia - actress Hadrian - friendly neighbor Antinous - a high school boy who is into sports Queen of Scots - an arrogant cashier Mary tudor - teacher Washington - Wealthy businessman/sugar daddy Newton - Photographer Johann Sebastian - A science communicator at Discovery Channel Beethoven - Musician/Singer from a band Michelangelo - Gardener Hercules - Movie director Marcus - Writer Bull Bear - Also looks like an artist to me.
this helps me visualize how normal historical figures look. to me most of them look almost mythical because of their iconic faces and fancy antique clothes. seeing them in a modern look made me realize they look like someone I'd walk by on a random day
@@moshubbie Nah, he really wasn't interested in sex. Like, no records of him trying to form any sort of romantic relationship. Most likely he will call himself ace and still die a virgin.
Michelangelo is the best one in my opinion. His eyes are the most realistic and less creepy ones and looks smart and a dreamer. Although the painting is very dark and his facial hair is tricky, I recognized him immediately. George Washington is incredibly realistic as well, but there's something in his face shape that doesn't let me recognize him.
I thought his face was too round and too filled in. I think he would be a bit leaner but of course living in a modern society would affect his appearance.
@@africaart Great fun fact. I didn't know it. I am impressed if the artist considered that detail, he must be very perfectionist. Anyway, I still prefer Michelangelo's AI portrait.
The guy that made the video probably decided to fix George Washington's lower jaw since it would've been fixed had he grown up in our time. Therefore he would've looked a bit different in our time.
A lot of these were incredible; Michelangelo was the best I think, closely followed by Caesar. I think I'd have made Henry VIII thinner considering that his debilitating leg injury would have been treated by modern medicine and he wouldn't have been unable to get around and exercise.
First impressions of each of these figures: Julius Caesar: politician Henry VIII: Looks like a high school teacher who probably coaches football after school Leonardo Da Vinci: The friendly neighbor whose kids are adults by now, but still lives in the neighborhood where they grew up, and has the best candy on Halloween. Joan of Arc: The shy, artsy girl who frequents the local coffee shop. Unassuming, soft-spoken, humble, but damn is she smart. Livia Drusilla: A Hollywood leading lady who will one day be one of the grande dames of Hollywood. Hadrian: One of the neighborhood dads. Can be counted on to throw or attend backyard barbeques, and will probably spend as much time playing soccer or basketball with the kids as he will grilling. Antinous: Heartthrob musician of some sort. Mary, Queen of Scots: Wildly funny stand-up comedian and actress. Mary Tudor: Local elected official, probably judicial. She's not ambitious, but she takes her job seriously, and she will let her career advance as she sees fit. She wants to be where she can make the most difference. George Washington: Spent his younger adulthood working a comfortable white-collar job that allowed him to support his family while still spending time with them. Now he's retired so he can spend his days babysitting his grandchildren. Isaac Newton: Actor who is always type-cast as the villain, but is really sweet and charming off-screen. Bach: College music professor. Beethoven: Star of comedic films. Michelangelo: Local street painter, painting portraits in the park. Young Hercules: Architect designing the new apartment complex in the area. Marcus Aurelius: High school art teacher, part-time singer/songwriter. Matau-Tathonca: Star athelete and activist.
Henry VIII looks very British and probably would be at the football (soccer) every weekend going mental. The most English looking King of them all tbh 😂 Even though he was also part Welsh and French and so on.
I like Caeser the best. That's EXACTLY how he'd look. An extremely intimidating and shrewd beurocrat who scared the shit out of his peers for how much he knew and what he could do. (Caeser of his time knew practically everything about his peers, and a modern version would be no different.)
Caesar must have been an incredibly charismatic man back in the day! I couldn't take my eyes off of his AI augmentation portrait. Definitely looks like a man of power in the modern times.
Yes, he was incredibly charismatic, also brilliant both in politics and war, loved doing propaganda with his achievements, and yes, it did derive in him ending up being narcissistic.
Gaius Iulius was Roman and therefore he came from what is now the Italian region. It is therefore assumed that Ceasar had slightly darker skin and brown eyes. It is said he suffered from (early) hair loss. If you now consider all the stress of fighting and politics, he will also has been marked with folds etc. By the way Romans were also just 1.60-1.70m tall on average at that time. All of this doesn't necessarily make him any less charismatic, but it does set him apart from the "handsome american banker" that the AI picture portrays. Aaaaaand... it should not be forgotten that hardly any of the exhibited busts were made during Caesar's lifetime. So the only one that really depicts him is the one that was "recently" found in the Rhône in France. And this deviates from the ideal images of the other statues.
How will you do that Most of them either had very large armies who can easily jump into fire for their leader if necessary And all intellectuals present here were either living in mansions with guards or hidden somewhere in forest So even with time machine it seems very hard
@@rahulverma8774 You obviously did not understand my comment. All I said, in essence, is AI rendition of what they would have looked like back then, not with modern haircuts and clothes.
There is a painting of Beethoven done in 1802, when he was 32, and the likeness this guy pulled from a substantially older Beethoven painting looks almost exactly like the younger one. Either he saw and was influenced by the earlier portrait, or the AI guy is a genius.
I think Julius Caesar's rendering looks more like 3 movie stars combined but I cannot for the life of me remember their names except one is the actor from Lucifer.
He wasn’t an emperor, the emperor started after his death. He tried to turn the republic into a empire, but he got humbled by the senate by way of knife
I love how as a history lover, this makes the people of the past so much more real ...and I feel like more relatable/understandable too. 😊 Thank you for sharing!
The AI recreation of Joan is wearing a full face of makeup and bobbed hair/bangs, something she would most likely not have done if she were alive today. She was a military woman. Most modern female members of the military don't wear makeup for their everyday duties, and their hair is either in a bun or short. The Roman empresses I can see wearing makeup and styling their hair, but not Joan. She would have been function over fashion.
It would be better if the artist had researched a little and not apparently gone from one or two depictions. Henry VIII for example was a redhead with blue eyes, but here he has dark hair and brown eyes.
Congratulations - you've done a great job. Mary Queen of Scots was considered a beauty, and turned a lot of heads, before losing her own. She was kept captive by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, and that's when that not too flattering portrait of her was done to Elizabeth's instructions. Other portraits of Mary, done by independent sources, show a strikingly beautiful woman.
Yes, in her youth, the Queen of Scots was a striking beauty. However, decades of captivity,poor health and stress all took their toll. At the time of her death, she had very short, sparse grey/white hair. However, she played one last joke on her captors by covering it up with a long, auburn loose wig for her execution- counting on the executioner to hold up her severed head by her 'hair' which caused her noggin to floor and them having to get on their hands and knees to pick her head back up instead of being able to gloat over having done the deed!
The definition of ‘beauty’ changes through history mr, ‘flabby bum’. A pale skinned overweight woman with rotten black teeth was once the true sign of beauty. Pale skin meant she never worked outside like a peasant. Overweight meant she could afford to eat whatever she wanted. Black teeth meant she could afford sugar. This is where the British bad teeth comes from, because British royalty could afford sugar and no one else could. People were known to blacked their teeth with coal just to appear like they had sugar. Think of it like you photoshopping your instagrams hahah
@@Starlightndust While Elizabeth may have had some envy over the accounts of the Queen of Scots's stunning beauty in her youth, it paled compared to how much she distrusted the Queen of Scots from having HER (Elizabeth) murdered so SHE could be the new monarch of England (since the Queen of Scots WAS Elizabeth's closest blood relative via the Tudor lineage remaining). Yes, it's true that Queen Elizabeth became VERY upset and had horrible crying jags at the news of the onetime Queen of Scots' execution but it wasn't because she had any affection for her. Contrary to many dramatization, the Queen of Scots and England NEVER met in person! It was because Elizabeth had hinted around for years for the Queen of Scots's jailors/guardians to have the latter quietly murdered in her cell but none of them were willing to do this. Hence, when that became clear, Elizabeth reluctantly ordered her execution . ..but kept hoping the Queen of Scots would still be quietly murdered. However, with the Queen of Scots being executed, Elizabeth knew that since she'd approved a onetime fellow monarch's execution, that meant that SHE could be targeted by other monarchs. ..or even her own subjects. Regardless, Elizabeth left the throne of England to the Queen of Scots' son James VI but she waited until her actual deathbed to give the word. There's some speculation that Elizabeth and James VI may have secretly connived to greenlight Mary's execution to clear the way for James VI eventual succession but there's been no written smoking gun found. Ironically, the Queen of Scots' motto was 'In my End is my Beginning' - and it wound up that EVERY single monarch who has sat on the English and British thrones has been HER descendant while Elizabeth was the last of the Tudors (and she even proclaimed herself 'of barren stock' upon the news of Mary giving birth to James).
Its insane to realize how totally normal they would look. Youd walk right by never knowing the incredible genious or bombastic personality or talent they possess
This particular category is my absolute favorite! Please have more of these episodes if possible. The AI renditions are amazing when viewed side by side with the original works.
Stunning. I didn't think it would be so impactful. The secret is that we know much of what these people did. You can see the command in Julius Caesar's eyes, Henry VIII looks disarming but something in his eyes looks like he could walk away and give a command to tear you apart without a blink. Both Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo look like they could easily get lost in the crowd without us ever knowing their genius. Washington still looks Presidential and Bull Bear looks like a savant sage that you would pay a fortune to see but he wouldn't accept it. Who threw me off was Isaac Newton and Marcus Aurelius just wow!
Isaac Newton looks like an attractive college professor, and Leonardo Da Vinci and Michaelangelo look like your local artists who you might see sketching in the park
The portraits and statues were often times stylized to make the person appear more powerful or to hide and downplay certain unfavorable attributes that might make them seem less of a person. Kind of like the same concept behind Photoshop in popular celebrity magazines
Well it's, yes, but, kind of. The Greeks sought to describe people as they were, so their sculptures and busts tend to be as close to the person as the artist could render them. Romans, on the other hand, and as a second example, did fall under the rule you describe, and indeed, had a tendency to... make do with certain unfavourable characteristics they could've had.
@@isaacglen5615 That I know! Napoleon was not particularly tall, that's true but he was not *that* small either (roughly 1m70/5'7) Buf he was depicted a lot next to two of his generals (not necessarily together, you know what I mean (can't recall their names rn) who were both very tall. So in comparison, he appears smaller
Young Hercules is such a little pork chop! I really didn't expect that somehow. The most impressive to me, though, is Marcus Aurelius - he really does look like the statue brought to life.
When I've lived in UK, as an outsider, I have notice one strange thing - English people do tend to look sort of alike. Some of them are completely unrelated but have kind of similar facial features. So, to come to the point - Henry the 8 looking like an ordinary man from the pub - it's not so far fetched.
I don't look anything like him. Most English people are part Germanic and Celtic. As for people all looking alike, I suppose you've never been to China or Japan? Oh, and Henry VIII was of Welsh (Celtic) heritage, not English, hence the red hair.
Its also fascinating how theres also some people out there that look identical to historical figures yet share no relation to them. (Beethoven looks like a modern music artist that sings pop songs in a boy band)
The AI was like "Beethoven... He's a musician, right? Yeah, Imma make him look like a 20 sthg Jason Mraz type of pop star.” 😂 Edit : Seriously, that's mind-blowingly good, hypnotic and interesting. Props!
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I love this 😄💚 Though I feel like 6:25 has deeper character- a hidden tale behind the nice old guy who everyone sees mowing his lawn but no one knows his full story…
Absolutely fascinating, I am no spring chicken but modern technology never ceases to amaze me, thank you for your time and effort putting this together.
I thought they were marvellous. Beethoven and Mary Queen of Scots were the only two that I thought were a bit 'off'. Altogether a fantastic effort. More please!
To me Mary of the Scots had a nose job before the modern day picture was taken. Her nose doesn’t show the characteristic arch the old picture displays.
@@anaritabarrettosantiago5225 Maybe she did. If I had a nose like that I might do something about it too. Several of the portraits show women with an unnaturally small mouth, since that was considered attractive at the time. The modern version would have more reasonable facial proportions.
What's amazing about Jeanne d'Arc 2:23 is that in Ted and Jeff amazing adventure movie, the actress choosed to personified this character was pretty close to that!
My dad and his siblings went to a high school named after Abraham Lincoln, and one of their teachers looked a lot like Abraham Lincoln! His students constantly joked about it, but he seemed to enjoy the resemblance, and even grew a Lincoln style beard.
I'd like to see what young and fit Henry the eighth would look like, vs his older gout ridden self. What a brilliant art form. I hope more people do this!
I've seen several channels do this but honestly this is the best one I've seen. Your representations actually match the original art the closest. Some of the ones I've seen look nothing like the paintings or sculptures. I can see them in yours. That's amazing.
I'm most fascinated by the AI interpretation of the portrait of Mozart. That face reminds me of many young men of German ancestry that I grew up with and men that I've seen on TV, whereas the portrait seems like the artist was trying to fit Mozart's facial features into some kind of idealization. It has an unreal quality about it and I don't recognize it as having much similarity to any faces that I've seen in the flesh.
After watching this, you can't help thinking of these historical figures as real people. Especially striking were the modern versons of Leonardo, Newton, and Mary Tudor. How many of these historical figures, say, from the 1500s onward, have known descendants who share some of their facial features - that would really be interesting to see.
All of these historic people looked so much more real in modern dress. I'll bet Julius Caesar would be a ruthless corporate CEO nowadays. Washington in sitting in his living room with a glass of wine - He looked like a retired army general. Mozart and Beethoven were handsome guys with a modern makeover. I can imagine discussing art and science with DaVinci, Rembrandt or Newton over coffee. BTW - I'd love to see Chopin and Lizst in modern dress!
It's so fascinating to me that none of these historical figures could have ever possibly conceived the technology required to make this video. Da Vinci would probably be the only one intelligent enough to comprehend it if we went back in time and explained it to them.
I kinda think that if someone traveled into the past and told Da Vinci how our technology has evolved to this day, he would be super happy and excited like a kid
@@frank0151 I agree! It would have quashed any lingering fear in his mind if the renounce was nothing more than some passing fad. Granted it didn't last, but the art just kept evolving. And now here we are, bringing faces from the past to startling life.
@@joeakers9943 mmmh... Maybe. He'd probably have had a harder time then Da Vinci. But I agree, once he understood the math/theory, he'd be delighted how it's been put to use.
For a second... One incredible, mind-blowing second for each portrait... You step out of that uncanny valley, and it's like you've been transported across time and space. Incredible.
Julius cesar looks like a politician or a CEO. Joan of Arc and antinous look like they can be fashion models. Hadrian looks a lot like someone I know in person. Da Vinci looks like he would be a professor at a school. I think George Washington would have a more pointier chin and I didn’t expect him to have down turned eyes. Awesome video!
What a stunner Antonius was! What lovely open kind faces Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius have. One of my best friends was Marcus in a past life.
Its amazing how this tech has humanized legendary historical figures, people who myths were made about, people who only had statues and paintings to remember them by... Yet there they are... Normal humans...
Caesar is a politician. Henry VIII is a character actor. Livia is definitely on the red carpet, possibly reality tv star. Hadrian runs a tech startup. Antinous is on a show on the CW. Mary Queen of Scots has a RUclips channel that gets a lot of views but you don’t watch it. Mary Tudor is an MP. George Washington is an investment banker. Beethoven is doing jangly guitar rock. Michelangelo is your neighbor who does paintings while drinking wine. Young Hercules is in the major leagues playing first base. Marcus Aurelius is a novelist. Bull Bear is also on that CW show.
The biggest issue with this is that the eyes, lips and ear are consistently wrong but it is still very cool. Just bugs me the eyes are usually in the wrong position compared to art work variation. The art works were usually very accurate, the narrow eyes wouldn't mean they have wide apart eyes in the render etc
You also have to consider that artists probably flattered the people they made paintings or sculptures of, making them seem more attractive than they actually were (just a theory).
I am curious what Charles II of Spain would have looked like now. I love this technique of bringing people back to life, beautifully done. I would be happy if I had a moving picture of my mother like that. She passed away forty years ago when I was just twelve and the memories of her moving have faded over the years.
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Tell me the soundtrack behind the video please need to know is sound like arabic music Sand me like to liste this music or the name of the soundtrack.
Most don't even look like the same race or alike
The AI must be a 3 Stooges fan to make Henry VIII look like Curly after he's been whacked by Moe.
How about Batman? Thx gayboy
1:07 Julius Caesar is still as GOAT as ever.
Beethoven could've easily started a boyband with his looks and musical skills. Bach street boys or something as such
‘Bach street boys’ 😂😂😂
Ha nice. I think Antinous was in One Direction too...
LOLOLOL
AHAHAHAHA
He looks like Robert Pattinson right ?
Da Vinci still looks like an artist. He looks like he "experienced" the 1960s. Beethoven looks a bit like an adult alternative songwriter. He fronted a grunge band in the mid to late 1990s before going solo around 2001.
I thought the one of Beethoven was very well done. My first thought was damn Beethoven is hot!!
@@peterfitzgerald53 Beethoven didn't have a wife.
You have a vivid imagination
@@peterfitzgerald53 just had a look he never married or had children.. you must be thinking about his brother.. he had seven brothers and sisters..
@@anniejuan1817 yup.. never cared for him.. lol
Julius Caesar looks like a modern politician, and possibly a lawyer.
And Henry VIII the guy that cuts grass.
Julius caesar probably somebody from new Jersey
Caesar was both! The irony.....
He looks like some CEO you don't want to mess with.
@@lizzy9975 The politician part I knew, him being a criminal lawyer was something new.
Marcus Aurelius sold me my gas and smokes this morning.
haha
What's so interesting about this project is that it really strips away all the "myth" of these (in)famous historical figures. There's so much iconography and legendary status associated with them that they almost feel "beyond human" at times, but then you put on some modern clothes and give them a modern haircut and you realize that they're just, well, people. Extraordinairy people, sure, but still people whose lives could be just as boring and mundane as ours. If they'd end up in the modern age, you'd have to do very little appearance-wise to help them blend in. Which is fascinating.
Some of the life drawings by the painter Holbein are so lifelike that if it were not for the 16th century hairstyles and clothes, the subjects could be English (or Welsh) of today.
Yes but some of these people had real power, or were geniuses. Most of us will never have ir be either one. That's the difference between us and them. No one will remember us when we're gone, but they'll still be talking about them.
@@The_OneManCrowd True, but because of that power or genius, you often forget that they were just people in their own right. We remember the inventions, the power moves, the extremely good and the extremely bad. Which makes it easy to forget that these things only encompassed a very small part of their lives. Even the lives of the great are often mundane on a day to day basis. And it's nice to be reminded of the fact they aren't gods or myths: they were also flawed human beings going on about their day.
Look at the people of today who will be remembered 200 years from now. Or, to put it a little differently, the people of today in the same positions (Prince William, Queen Elizabeth, Megan Markle) if they had been living back then.
People would keep asking about their teeth.
I had a patient that looked EXACTLY LIKE HENRY VIII the other night. He even had gout/foot problems (it was supposed that Henry viii had issues with his feet).
There was a guy here in my little town ( northwestern Italy ) identical to Henry VIII as well !
Wow is amazing!👑🤔😄
There was a man who had a camping shop on my town who looked like henry..
You should make sure his wife is okay.
I sense reincarnation lol
Caesar: A CEO of a major corporation
Henry XIII: a bloke at the pub who used to be a great rugby player and once scored four touchdowns in one game!
DaVincci: That old guy with that Ferrari he’s forever working on.
Joan of Arc: That quiet girl in school who the bully pushed too far one day…
Livia: Haven’t I seen her in a movie?
Hadrian: My law film can get you thousands more for your accident!
Antinous: Total pro snowboarder.
Mary: That cousin of your you’re not sure if you can trust.
Another Mary: That older sibling you KNOW you can’t trust.
Washington: That uncle who had a really interesting life… but that was years ago and he’s retired now.
Newton: That guy in the neighborhood that we all hate because he thinks he’s so much smarter than the rest of us (mostly because it’s true)
Bach: Your High School band teacher.
Beethoven: That other music teacher (the one who taught the music classes that you weren’t in.)
Michelangelo: That neighbor who’s a little too into landscaping his yard.
Young Hercules: With the 7th pick of the NFL Draft the Chicago Bears select out of Michigan, Offensive tackle…
Marcus Aurelius: He is the World’s Most Interesting Man (and his son is such a disappointment…)
Bull Bear: That cool guidance counselor you had for a year in middle school.
Meanwhile, in a parallel universe, in a 21st century almost identical to ours (same technology, same geography, almost same culture) :
• ― ❛❛ Julian, your leadership and the way you manage your ''troops'' (employees in a company) is very effective. Who knows ? You could have ruled Ancient Rome in another Life.❜❜
― ❛❛ well, I hope I wouldn't get murdered by an adopted son then. ❜❜ **laugh together and palm slaps on the back.**.
• ― ❛❛ Henry, again, just because Anne doesn't love you doesn't mean you're a loser. ❜❜
― ❛❛ It' easy to say. She doesn't like me 'cause I'm fat and a bartender. I'm sure if I had been king of England in another Life, she would bow to me. ❜❜
― ❛❛ Henry, if you were King of England in another Life, everybody would remember you for some reason with a turkey leg in your hand. ❜❜
― ❛❛ Oh shut up Tim! ❜❜
• ― ❛❛ You're so talented Leo. I'm sure you could have been a great engineer and a HUGE artist if you had lived during the Renaissance period in Italy and France. Imagine that, You would have made History. ❜❜
― ❛❛ Let's not exaggerate. Speaking of Art, I didn't tell you but Lisa wants me to paint her portrait and I'm not sure if I can do it. ❜❜
• ― ❛❛ Jeanne, qu'est-ce qui ne va pas ? ❜❜
― ❛❛ C'est ces connards de la classe d'anglais qui se moquent encore de moi. Si je le pouvais, je les bouterais hors de l'école. ❜❜
• ― ❛❛ I can't help but imagining you as a goddesse Livia. ❜❜
― ❛❛ I know. ❜❜
• ― ❛❛ Who? Hadrian? Oh yeah... he's a cool guy. He's cool, he's cool.❜❜
― ❛❛ Even if he was a Roman Emperor in another Life, I'm sure he would have been a cool Emperor. ❜❜
• ― ❛❛ So, Anthony, does a beautiful young man like you have a girlfriend? ❜❜
― ❛❛ Oh, Uh... well, uh... uhhhhh... Urgh! It's so embarrassing! Well, uh... actually, I don't really like girls. ❜❜
― ❛❛ Ooooooh... I see.❜❜
• ― ❛❛ So, Mary, you opened an instagram channel recently? ❜❜
― ❛❛ For the pseudonym, I thought about ''Queen of Scots'' for some reason. What do you think? ❜❜
• ― ❛❛ Mary, (the other one) please, try to be a little more tolerant. You know, centuries ago, intolerance brought... horrible things. ❜❜
• ― ❛❛ You're drunk once again George. The only thing of which you are the ''Founding Father'' (besides your alcoholism) is your family. ❜❜
• ― ❛❛ So, Isaac, you fell asleep under an apple tree and... ❜❜
• ― ❛❛ My music teacher is sooo boriiiing!!! ❜❜
• ― ❛❛ Yeah... Ludwig is my replacement music teacher. He's a little less boring. ❜❜
• ― ❛❛ I heard that guy likes to do graffiti on walls. ❜❜
• ― ❛❛ He was a bully at School. Thank God he has no super-human strength or something. ❜❜
• ― ❛❛ That weird dude talked to me about stoicism. I didn't really understand. ❜❜
• ― ❛❛ Everybody thinks he's a Hispanic but he told me he's actually a Native. ❜❜
@@sebastiaodavila9747 Didn't expect the French one about Jeanne. Du très beau travail ^^
Metaphorically
@@sebastiaodavila9747 metaphoricaly
The other Mary is more like a successful writer
The AI didn't get all of the face shapes, noses, ears and mouth shapes right. Like Mary Queen of Scots for example. Her face was longer, as was her nose, in the old painting. The AI is apparently trying to positively idealize the faces. Accuracy is better than an idealized version. However, some of the AI portraits were Very good.
But the paintings were also idealized, so we have no reliable source anyway
Exact nose, lip and ear shapes which an artist might've altered but are hallmarks for accuracy were often ignored. Some other portraits of Henry VIII are more accurate, such as the one of him in three-quarter profile by Holbein; there's a different looking nose in it anyway.
@@kikidevine694I'll go back in time and take a picture of them one by one , be right back! , If only that is possible , I hope humans can discover in the future to go back in time but even if they mess something up in that timeline , it will only affect "that" timeline , not their original timeline , the timeline where they came from will not get affected because its a "parallel universe" .
Yeah I feel like alot of these are off.
@@kikidevine694how do you the the paintings were idealized?
Even so, the AI version didn’t match the “idealized” painting and distorted it more
Your comment is useless. You really are talking out of your ass
Julius Caesar today would be Emperor of a global financial empire instead of a geographic one.
Side note: Movie casting directors should use this to find actors & actresses.
He would bring a literal difination of hostile takeover. He would play the boardroom as if it were a chessboard. I agree with the side note
Or a legend in hockey lmao he looks like Wayne Gretzky haha
My thoughts exactly about the director casting people like these characters!
Movie casting director knows what it was doing, this thing isnt new
He was never an emperor, he had the title of dictator for life, and was the last ruler of the Roman republic, before it became the Roman Empire after a civil war.
It is really interesting and funny to see these famous people with modern clothes and hair as if they would live among us today. Yes please do more videos like this.
IKR🤔
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Amogus
Did you say AMONGUS?
Sus
With modern clothes, they really do look like ordinary people. XD
Yet they were extraordinary!
Surprisingly clean too, just like one of your neighbors or your colleagues at the office
King Henry VIII still looks like a belligerent punk.😂
There are no ordinary people. People just haven’t yet Realized this fact!
We haven't changed much since our brand of human was a thing. Facially at least, we've been very much the same for thousands if not millions of years.
What’s so coincidental about these images, is that there are people who look like these historical figures, that are walking with us today.
Reincarnation? lol
Each person has around 7 alive lookalikes, if you include historical ones that are dead, the numbee is much higher, we wont get some lookalikes for historical figures like badly inbred medieval monarchs tho as inbreeding isnt as common & wont always do the same bad things
King Henry looks like Dave the electrician from around the corner
What this reiterates for me is the fact that no matter how a person is idolized or how relatively important they may have been at one point in history or how mythical and above human they may have become in their immortalized sculptures and paintings in the end behind it all they are just ordinary flawed humans like the rest of us and in a different place and time, they could just be another nobody sitting next you on the train on the way to work.
Most of these representations show them as incredibly handsome, well kempt people with none of the deformities we know some of them had, though.
Of course. Every single human, no matter what effect their existence had in history, was ultimately just one single frail human who lived and died (or will die).
@@itisyerdad well yes they are supposed to look modern so that means they are more clean and not so nasty looking lol
beethoven was an anunnaki
"verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity." - Psalm 39:5
1:02 Italian Politician / Businessman / Soccer player
1:26 British RUclips creator / Rapper
1:50 Italian Granfather in villige
2:16 French Student girl
2:45 Italian Acctress
3:05 Italian Soccer player
3:30 Italian Actor
3:59 British Acctress
4:22 British Middle age woman
4:47 American Middle age man
5:13 British Acctor
5:44 German Middle age man
6:01 German EDM DJ
6:30 Italian Old man
6:50 Greek Young man
7:15 Italian Actor
7:40 Native American RUclips creator
Beethoven is accurate
LMAO EDM DJ
I think for the native american man, it will fit if he is a football player
I feel like the portrayal of Washington doesn't line up with the descriptions. Washington was famous for his self-discipline and dignity, without being snobbish. Many felt his actual height, combined with his mannerisms left a majestic impression. This portrayal feels more like a washed up old guy at a bar. The sense of discipline and majesty he was known for is just not there.
The eyes and mouth in particular seem off, giving an impression of seeming burnt out as opposed to a sense of dedication.
They all could work in a modeling agency LOL (except for Henry VIII who also gained a lot of weight.) No way these are accurate representations of the look-a-likes of this time and the portraits, draws and sculptures. The AI most be bias to some beauty filtering, I dont know.
This is fascinating - really helps to humanise these historical figures in a way I’ve not seen before. They were all amazing - but I expected Beethoven to look older. But Antinous wouldn’t look out of place on a runway!
Honestly, same. Probably because we’re used to most of Beethoven’s more common portraits depicting him as an old man.
Antinous definitely is a Chad! That was the first thing come to mind when I saw him.
Shoot neither would Julius Caesar, that was one handsome man.
Bear in mind that portraits were all idealized. They tell us more about what the beauty standards were in the various time periods than what these people actually looked like in the flesh. This is clearly shown by 'Young Hercules', who is of course a mythological figure. His depiction therefore tells us what contemporaneous people considered to be a handsome young man. Notice how similar Antinous looks to him. The bust is a flattering, possibly near fantastical portrayal of him designed to make him admired.
I was thinking the same thing. Almost made accomplishing something notable feel more easily grasped - I mean, “dare I say” of course - but you catch my drift
1:02 Julius Caesar
1:27 King Henry VIII
1:50 Leonardo Da Vinci
2:16 Joan Of Arc
2:45 Livia Drusilla
3:05 Hadrian
3:30 Antinous
3:59 Mary Queen Of Scots
4:22 Mary Tudor
4:47 George Washington
5:13 Isaac Newton
5:44 Johaan Sebastian Bach
6:01 Beethoven
6:30 Michelangelo
6:50 Young Herclues
7:15 Marcus Aurelius Roman Emperor
7:40 Matau-Tathonca ‘’ Bull Bear’’
Henry the 8th actually looks like he fits someone who'd live in Yorkshire today. Julus Ceaser looks like a Corporation CEO or a bit like an Italian politician. Joan of Arc looks like a working class lady. They probably should have gone for an older look for Beethoven though.
There's a litle uncanny valley with the animations at place, but is is very impressive design and technology and i'm certain most of them would look exactly like this.
Not to mention, Joan of Arc was only about seventeen when she did her most famous heroic deeds- and roughly nineteen when she was murdered- and about 5 foot two inches in height!
She would've had her head shaved on the sides, spiked hair on top and her hair would've been dyed either pink or blue. She most likely would've had tattoos and a nose ring
@bigfishh C'mon man!!! You can't picture badass Joan of Arc all punked out like that?
Joan of Arc looks Indian to me, not that I see anything wrong with that.
Caesar enjoyed Tifa's performance then?
That's a very flattering rendition of Mary Tudor. I always thought the painting portrayed a rather severe-looking woman. It looks like she finally got to benefit from the magic of Instagram face filters. Also, Beethoven was given an athletic body type here, and made younger. I always picture him as a stocky yet gaunt old man (While only in his 40's), whose kidneys and liver were being absolutely destroyed by alcoholism. He died at the youngish age of 56.
too many of the female portrayals are like that. they all look waaaaaay over done. the guys look ok, but all the ladies look way nicer than their original likeness
edit: and then i got to Beethoven..,, that looks nothing like him 😂
@@mkv2718 It looks like him... like some 20-25 years prior to having the painting done 😄
Makes her look like Jen Psaki lol
Mary Tudor actually looks like a nice woman in her modern rendition. Like a kind boss or something. Definitely not a genocidal maniac.
I'd like to see the portrait of Mussorgsky get this treatment... he looked like a late-stage alcoholic even in the painting.
Even though they are "modernized", they still seem to "reflect" some aspect of their notoriety through the screen. Awesome work!
Indeed. Caesar looks as dominating and assertive as ever. Times may have change, but power is power, and Caesar knows how to seize it, either in a toga or in a suit
@@someorclad9738 Ain't that the truth.
Nah, they're just good looking.
Modernised*
@@someorclad9738 I just want to say that obviously within the context of this video, caesar refers to julius, but he was not the only Caesar so it’s good to refer to him as Julius caesar or Gaius Julius etc
Julias Caesar - politician
King Henry - Bartender
Da Vinci - local vendor/artist
Joan - office assistant
Livia - actress
Hadrian - friendly neighbor
Antinous - a high school boy who is into sports
Queen of Scots - an arrogant cashier
Mary tudor - teacher
Washington - Wealthy businessman/sugar daddy
Newton - Photographer
Johann Sebastian - A science communicator at Discovery Channel
Beethoven - Musician/Singer from a band
Michelangelo - Gardener
Hercules - Movie director
Marcus - Writer
Bull Bear - Also looks like an artist to me.
Brilliant! 😂
this helps me visualize how normal historical figures look. to me most of them look almost mythical because of their iconic faces and fancy antique clothes. seeing them in a modern look made me realize they look like someone I'd walk by on a random day
Truee
Kinda disappointing ngl
the clothes make us average people
"Why all the girls line up to that class?"
"That's Professor Newton's class"
"Oh.."
That's what I was thinking!!
Yeah Newton got them sexy physicist vides for sure lol
He wouldn't have died a virgin if he lived today.
@@moshubbie Nah, he really wasn't interested in sex. Like, no records of him trying to form any sort of romantic relationship.
Most likely he will call himself ace and still die a virgin.
😂
Michelangelo is the best one in my opinion. His eyes are the most realistic and less creepy ones and looks smart and a dreamer. Although the painting is very dark and his facial hair is tricky, I recognized him immediately.
George Washington is incredibly realistic as well, but there's something in his face shape that doesn't let me recognize him.
I thought his face was too round and too filled in. I think he would be a bit leaner but of course living in a modern society would affect his appearance.
The old George has tooth problem which made his chin swollen. So the new George would be able to afford a dentist and not have a swollen chin.
@@africaart Great fun fact. I didn't know it. I am impressed if the artist considered that detail, he must be very perfectionist. Anyway, I still prefer Michelangelo's AI portrait.
@Bob Donald lol
The guy that made the video probably decided to fix George Washington's lower jaw since it would've been fixed had he grown up in our time. Therefore he would've looked a bit different in our time.
A lot of these were incredible; Michelangelo was the best I think, closely followed by Caesar. I think I'd have made Henry VIII thinner considering that his debilitating leg injury would have been treated by modern medicine and he wouldn't have been unable to get around and exercise.
First impressions of each of these figures:
Julius Caesar: politician
Henry VIII: Looks like a high school teacher who probably coaches football after school
Leonardo Da Vinci: The friendly neighbor whose kids are adults by now, but still lives in the neighborhood where they grew up, and has the best candy on Halloween.
Joan of Arc: The shy, artsy girl who frequents the local coffee shop. Unassuming, soft-spoken, humble, but damn is she smart.
Livia Drusilla: A Hollywood leading lady who will one day be one of the grande dames of Hollywood.
Hadrian: One of the neighborhood dads. Can be counted on to throw or attend backyard barbeques, and will probably spend as much time playing soccer or basketball with the kids as he will grilling.
Antinous: Heartthrob musician of some sort.
Mary, Queen of Scots: Wildly funny stand-up comedian and actress.
Mary Tudor: Local elected official, probably judicial. She's not ambitious, but she takes her job seriously, and she will let her career advance as she sees fit. She wants to be where she can make the most difference.
George Washington: Spent his younger adulthood working a comfortable white-collar job that allowed him to support his family while still spending time with them. Now he's retired so he can spend his days babysitting his grandchildren.
Isaac Newton: Actor who is always type-cast as the villain, but is really sweet and charming off-screen.
Bach: College music professor.
Beethoven: Star of comedic films.
Michelangelo: Local street painter, painting portraits in the park.
Young Hercules: Architect designing the new apartment complex in the area.
Marcus Aurelius: High school art teacher, part-time singer/songwriter.
Matau-Tathonca: Star athelete and activist.
Beethoven's last words literally were "The comedy is over"
Agree with you with Julius Caesar, Hadrian and Mary Tudor
Henry VIII looks very British and probably would be at the football (soccer) every weekend going mental. The most English looking King of them all tbh 😂
Even though he was also part Welsh and French and so on.
Is Beethoven looking a bit like Robert Pattinson?
Holy crap I think you were dead on with your Mary I assumption. Extrapolated lightly, she looks A LOT like Jess Phillips
I like Caeser the best. That's EXACTLY how he'd look. An extremely intimidating and shrewd beurocrat who scared the shit out of his peers for how much he knew and what he could do. (Caeser of his time knew practically everything about his peers, and a modern version would be no different.)
i wouldnt want to get in legal trouble with Julius Caesar
Looks like the police chief from Grimm
He look like a mastermind politician either ceo smartest of corporation outplay government system
The original House of Cards main character
Bro just looks evil 😂
Da Vinci looks like the most warm hearted history teacher.
Looks like Tommy Chong
@@playinguitarful i also totally agree with you looks like him
i want him to be my history teacher
He has something of the late great Robin Williams about him. His warmth and humour.
@@dragonlover7196
I'll be Your history teacher, child!
I can teach You all about the dialogue of all the comments I've posted on RUclips!
I love all these reconstructed historical faces! Antinous was so beautiful
Caesar must have been an incredibly charismatic man back in the day! I couldn't take my eyes off of his AI augmentation portrait. Definitely looks like a man of power in the modern times.
Julius Caesar looks like Sasha Roiz, the actor who played Sean Renard on NBC’s “Grimm”
Yes, he was incredibly charismatic, also brilliant both in politics and war, loved doing propaganda with his achievements, and yes, it did derive in him ending up being narcissistic.
Perhaps the reason why modern lawyers and politicians share Caesar's charisma is because he set the standard for what charisma looks like.
Gaius Iulius was Roman and therefore he came from what is now the Italian region.
It is therefore assumed that Ceasar had slightly darker skin and brown eyes. It is said he suffered from (early) hair loss. If you now consider all the stress of fighting and politics, he will also has been marked with folds etc.
By the way Romans were also just 1.60-1.70m tall on average at that time.
All of this doesn't necessarily make him any less charismatic, but it does set him apart from the "handsome american banker" that the AI picture portrays.
Aaaaaand...
it should not be forgotten that hardly any of the exhibited busts were made during Caesar's lifetime. So the only one that really depicts him is the one that was "recently" found in the Rhône in France. And this deviates from the ideal images of the other statues.
I always thought that Caesar was a redhead, as well as Da Vinci.
I would like to see what they would have looked like without any modern extrapolation. Like if I time-travelled and met them in person.
As soon as you invent your time machine do this👍👍😀😀
How will you do that
Most of them either had very large armies who can easily jump into fire for their leader if necessary
And all intellectuals present here were either living in mansions with guards or hidden somewhere in forest
So even with time machine it seems very hard
@@rahulverma8774
You obviously did not understand my comment.
All I said, in essence, is AI rendition of what they would have looked like back then, not with modern haircuts and clothes.
@@AeiThop Oh ok
I thought u wish to go back in time and meet them
@@rahulverma8774
Nope! Read my comment again.
There is a painting of Beethoven done in 1802, when he was 32, and the likeness this guy pulled from a substantially older Beethoven painting looks almost exactly like the younger one. Either he saw and was influenced by the earlier portrait, or the AI guy is a genius.
Beethoven had a shock of grey hair attributed to his stress
Modern Henry viii looks like he’s familiar with the inside of a police van 😂
Wow! That was truly amazing! Does anyone else out there think that Julius Caesar would have made a great James Bond????
I think Julius Caesar's rendering looks more like 3 movie stars combined but I cannot for the life of me remember their names except one is the actor from Lucifer.
@@suejones7390 Tom Ellis
No.
@@suejones7390 Is another one Jamie Lannister?
I don't think the a I got the true Julius Caesar. He did not look like the bust
Caesar just proves that in 2000 years, we’re still looking for the same archetype in our leaders.
How he was born into emperor not selected
He wasn’t an emperor, the emperor started after his death. He tried to turn the republic into a empire, but he got humbled by the senate by way of knife
I love how as a history lover, this makes the people of the past so much more real ...and I feel like more relatable/understandable too. 😊 Thank you for sharing!
Make like this with some lndian historical person please.
@@abhikmandal3717Or an African one but no one knows or cares anything about African history so I digress.
Modern Henry VIII looks like the average American guy
I guess he would be at McDonald’s nonstop
He is built like caseoh
No, he looks quite British. Of course, the internet addicted children of today only associate being American with being overweight.
American lol
@@FarisGamingGDBut he ate his ex wives
I wasn't prepared for Joan of Arc's recreation being as drop-dead-gorgeous as it was. Looks really can kill, considering who she was.
The AI recreation of Joan is wearing a full face of makeup and bobbed hair/bangs, something she would most likely not have done if she were alive today. She was a military woman. Most modern female members of the military don't wear makeup for their everyday duties, and their hair is either in a bun or short. The Roman empresses I can see wearing makeup and styling their hair, but not Joan. She would have been function over fashion.
Way to ruin his fantasy, guys. Lol
@@ArchangelExile Well, he’s fantasizing about a teenager who was murdered, so…
She was reported in writings at that time by contemporaries that she was indeed very attractive and “untouchable”
Records say she was quite cute tho
This artist is amazing. One of the first examples where these characters feel like real people you could see today. Bravo!
Absolutely fascinating to see figures from the past brought back to life.
This is absolutely fascinating! Great work!
Antinous was a beautiful young man. I can see what Hadrian saw in him! Fantastic video!
He was 14 when Hadrian met him as a 47 year old. Basically a grooming victim of a pedophile in the ultimate position of power.
Hadrian looks like a Bohemian history professor who got roped into heading a committee against his wishes...which I guess he kind of was.
Imagine if casting directors used this technology to help them cast these iconic figures of history in shows and films.
These days they literally race swap historical characters and u expecting them to go for similar looking cast?
@@Anonymous-qb4vc Not at all. I was just entertaining an unrealistic hypothetical lol
@@Anonymous-qb4vc lol not as bad as them making a movie about a slaver and calling it “woman king”
It would be better if the artist had researched a little and not apparently gone from one or two depictions. Henry VIII for example was a redhead with blue eyes, but here he has dark hair and brown eyes.
@@peters8512 True.
Congratulations - you've done a great job. Mary Queen of Scots was considered a beauty, and turned a lot of heads, before losing her own. She was kept captive by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, and that's when that not too flattering portrait of her was done to Elizabeth's instructions. Other portraits of Mary, done by independent sources, show a strikingly beautiful woman.
Yes, in her youth, the Queen of Scots was a striking beauty. However, decades of captivity,poor health and stress all took their toll. At the time of her death, she had very short, sparse grey/white hair. However, she played one last joke on her captors by covering it up with a long, auburn loose wig for her execution- counting on the executioner to hold up her severed head by her 'hair' which caused her noggin to floor and them having to get on their hands and knees to pick her head back up instead of being able to gloat over having done the deed!
The definition of ‘beauty’ changes through history mr, ‘flabby bum’.
A pale skinned overweight woman with rotten black teeth was once the true sign of beauty. Pale skin meant she never worked outside like a peasant. Overweight meant she could afford to eat whatever she wanted. Black teeth meant she could afford sugar. This is where the British bad teeth comes from, because British royalty could afford sugar and no one else could.
People were known to blacked their teeth with coal just to appear like they had sugar. Think of it like you photoshopping your instagrams hahah
“and turned a lot of heads, before losing her own.”
priceless
Elisabeth may have been very jealous of her cousin's beauty. Nasty deceitful thing to do.
@@Starlightndust While Elizabeth may have had some envy over the accounts of the Queen of Scots's stunning beauty in her youth, it paled compared to how much she distrusted the Queen of Scots from having HER (Elizabeth) murdered so SHE could be the new monarch of England (since the Queen of Scots WAS Elizabeth's closest blood relative via the Tudor lineage remaining). Yes, it's true that Queen Elizabeth became VERY upset and had horrible crying jags at the news of the onetime Queen of Scots' execution but it wasn't because she had any affection for her. Contrary to many dramatization, the Queen of Scots and England NEVER met in person! It was because Elizabeth had hinted around for years for the Queen of Scots's jailors/guardians to have the latter quietly murdered in her cell but none of them were willing to do this. Hence, when that became clear, Elizabeth reluctantly ordered her execution . ..but kept hoping the Queen of Scots would still be quietly murdered. However, with the Queen of Scots being executed, Elizabeth knew that since she'd approved a onetime fellow monarch's execution, that meant that SHE could be targeted by other monarchs. ..or even her own subjects. Regardless, Elizabeth left the throne of England to the Queen of Scots' son James VI but she waited until her actual deathbed to give the word. There's some speculation that Elizabeth and James VI may have secretly connived to greenlight Mary's execution to clear the way for James VI eventual succession but there's been no written smoking gun found. Ironically, the Queen of Scots' motto was 'In my End is my Beginning' - and it wound up that EVERY single monarch who has sat on the English and British thrones has been HER descendant while Elizabeth was the last of the Tudors (and she even proclaimed herself 'of barren stock' upon the news of Mary giving birth to James).
Its insane to realize how totally normal they would look. Youd walk right by never knowing the incredible genious or bombastic personality or talent they possess
This particular category is my absolute favorite! Please have more of these episodes if possible. The AI renditions are amazing when viewed side by side with the original works.
Stunning.
I didn't think it would be so impactful. The secret is that we know much of what these people did. You can see the command in Julius Caesar's eyes, Henry VIII looks disarming but something in his eyes looks like he could walk away and give a command to tear you apart without a blink. Both Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo look like they could easily get lost in the crowd without us ever knowing their genius. Washington still looks Presidential and Bull Bear looks like a savant sage that you would pay a fortune to see but he wouldn't accept it. Who threw me off was Isaac Newton and Marcus Aurelius just wow!
How many people get lost in the crowd without ever finding their genius?
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One or two maybe. Most earn degrees and strike it rich either as an important engineer, researcher or business owner.
Isaac Newton can split me half and I'd say thank you
Isaac Newton looks like an attractive college professor, and Leonardo Da Vinci and Michaelangelo look like your local artists who you might see sketching in the park
The portraits and statues were often times stylized to make the person appear more powerful or to hide and downplay certain unfavorable attributes that might make them seem less of a person. Kind of like the same concept behind Photoshop in popular celebrity magazines
Well it's, yes, but, kind of. The Greeks sought to describe people as they were, so their sculptures and busts tend to be as close to the person as the artist could render them. Romans, on the other hand, and as a second example, did fall under the rule you describe, and indeed, had a tendency to... make do with certain unfavourable characteristics they could've had.
How do you know this? Did you know the sculptors, artists, painters and their methods or approach to their creations?
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That I know!
Napoleon was not particularly tall, that's true but he was not *that* small either (roughly 1m70/5'7)
Buf he was depicted a lot next to two of his generals (not necessarily together, you know what I mean (can't recall their names rn) who were both very tall. So in comparison, he appears smaller
Same in Madame Tausauds. They often ask for more inchs off and taller than they are.
Young Hercules is such a little pork chop! I really didn't expect that somehow. The most impressive to me, though, is Marcus Aurelius - he really does look like the statue brought to life.
Modern Henry VIII is guy who peaked in high school married his high schoool girlfriend and is now a small business owner
Sounds like a great life
When I've lived in UK, as an outsider, I have notice one strange thing - English people do tend to look sort of alike. Some of them are completely unrelated but have kind of similar facial features. So, to come to the point - Henry the 8 looking like an ordinary man from the pub - it's not so far fetched.
I don't look anything like him. Most English people are part Germanic and Celtic. As for people all looking alike, I suppose you've never been to China or Japan? Oh, and Henry VIII was of Welsh (Celtic) heritage, not English, hence the red hair.
I live in Spain and here you can recognise an English person from a mile away.. I just can see it in their face that they're English
@@sabrinaaaaaaaaa To be fair with English tourists, you probably can hear them from 2 miles away as well.
@@sabrinaaaaaaaaa I've never had anyone tell me I " look British ".
@@white-dragon4424 I've been able to differentiate between Japanese and Chinese people. Perhaps it's an environmental thing?
Its also fascinating how theres also some people out there that look identical to historical figures yet share no relation to them.
(Beethoven looks like a modern music artist that sings pop songs in a boy band)
The only difference is Beethoven had talent.
Definitely Julius Caesar, Henry VIII, Hadrian, Bach and Marcus Aurelius. Really interesting video!
Leonardo DaVinci looks like a very kind grandfather
I think he looks like Tommy Chong
@@recluese2421 so what
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@@recluese2421this is the comment I was looking for.
The AI was like "Beethoven... He's a musician, right? Yeah, Imma make him look like a 20 sthg Jason Mraz type of pop star.” 😂
Edit : Seriously, that's mind-blowingly good, hypnotic and interesting. Props!
Henry VIII looks like he’s about to have a public freak out in line at the fast food joint (also, just stunning work all around)
Leonardo da Vinci the unknown neighborhood genius that no one would suspect can invent, design or paint anything until they got a look in his barn.
Henry VIII looks like a rowdy Manchester United fan that would shout "You WOT!" if you looked at him wrong on a night out
00:59 real estate agent
1:24 judge on a food-centered reality tv show
1:50 c-list actor
2:15 journalist
2:39 cosmetologist
3:04 runs a sports podcast
3:30 twitch streamer
3:55 bartender
4:20 elementary school teacher
4:45 golf store owner
5:10 dj
5:35 high school teacher
6:00 gas station employee
6:25 old guy idk
6:50 the other guy on the sports podcast
7:15 game review youtuber
7:40 soundcloud artist
I love this 😄💚
Though I feel like 6:25 has deeper character- a hidden tale behind the nice old guy who everyone sees mowing his lawn but no one knows his full story…
Darn. List the names, please. Really like 👍 your ideas 💡
Brilliant! 😂
Henry the viii looks like a lorry driver.
Caesar looks like an attorney
Absolutely fascinating, I am no spring chicken but modern technology never ceases to amaze me, thank you for your time and effort putting this together.
Modern technology is a two-edged sword.
AI is our only real shoot at time-travel. This is amazing work! Fascinating. Thank you!
Even Julius Ceasar's resting face was powerful. And how handsome Antinuous was.
Dude none of this is even accurate lol
Beethoven was crazy! His modern portrait is accurate; capturing the essence of the tortured artist.
I thought they were marvellous. Beethoven and Mary Queen of Scots were the only two that I thought were a bit 'off'. Altogether a fantastic effort. More please!
I’d add George Washington to that list, but otherwise incredible
Bach though was spot on!
@@annewilkinson9611 Lower lip not quite right.
To me Mary of the Scots had a nose job before the modern day picture was taken. Her nose doesn’t show the characteristic arch the old picture displays.
@@anaritabarrettosantiago5225 Maybe she did. If I had a nose like that I might do something about it too.
Several of the portraits show women with an unnaturally small mouth, since that was considered attractive at the time. The modern version would have more reasonable facial proportions.
WOW! This is uncanny...the people really DO look like their ancient images...Really good work!
What's amazing about Jeanne d'Arc 2:23 is that in Ted and Jeff amazing adventure movie, the actress choosed to personified this character was pretty close to that!
I was actually taught Tudor History at school by a man who looked exactly like Henry VIII.
Ayo? 🤨📸
Same here lol. Mr Roberts was his name , a great teacher .
Same me too
My dad and his siblings went to a high school named after Abraham Lincoln, and one of their teachers looked a lot like Abraham Lincoln! His students constantly joked about it, but he seemed to enjoy the resemblance, and even grew a Lincoln style beard.
I did a paper on Leonardo in college, and always loved him; an enigmatic and sympathetic melancholy persona. This only made me love him more.
Sounds like how I feel about Edvard Munch-
Henry VIII looks like he works in a fish n chip shop in Scotland. Definitely Scottish.
I'd like to see what young and fit Henry the eighth would look like, vs his older gout ridden self. What a brilliant art form. I hope more people do this!
I've seen him on another channel . It's really good.
Me too. He was stunning as a young man.
In alternate universe:
Look how famous people would look if they where historical figures!
I've seen several channels do this but honestly this is the best one I've seen. Your representations actually match the original art the closest. Some of the ones I've seen look nothing like the paintings or sculptures. I can see them in yours. That's amazing.
I'm most fascinated by the AI interpretation of the portrait of Mozart. That face reminds me of many young men of German ancestry that I grew up with and men that I've seen on TV, whereas the portrait seems like the artist was trying to fit Mozart's facial features into some kind of idealization. It has an unreal quality about it and I don't recognize it as having much similarity to any faces that I've seen in the flesh.
Man I can just imagine how epic it would be if Civilization VII would have this kind of art!
After watching this, you can't help thinking of these historical figures as real people. Especially striking were the modern versons of Leonardo, Newton, and Mary Tudor. How many of these historical figures, say, from the 1500s onward, have known descendants who share some of their facial features - that would really be interesting to see.
Da Vinci still looks how I imagine a genius inventor. And Jeanne D'Arc looks typically French. 😉
DaVinci looks like such a sweet guy! Like the old grandpa/helper of the main character of a Miyazaki movie 🥰 just wholesome!
Julius Caesar looks spot on. The cunning, strategic and part ruthless features are still present in his modern day version!
All of these historic people looked so much more real in modern dress. I'll bet Julius Caesar would be a ruthless corporate CEO nowadays. Washington in sitting in his living room with a glass of wine - He looked like a retired army general. Mozart and Beethoven were handsome guys with a modern makeover. I can imagine discussing art and science with DaVinci, Rembrandt or Newton over coffee.
BTW - I'd love to see Chopin and Lizst in modern dress!
No doubt Julius Caesar would rise to the top in any society in any day in age.
It's so fascinating to me that none of these historical figures could have ever possibly conceived the technology required to make this video. Da Vinci would probably be the only one intelligent enough to comprehend it if we went back in time and explained it to them.
I kinda think that if someone traveled into the past and told Da Vinci how our technology has evolved to this day, he would be super happy and excited like a kid
@@frank0151 I agree! It would have quashed any lingering fear in his mind if the renounce was nothing more than some passing fad. Granted it didn't last, but the art just kept evolving. And now here we are, bringing faces from the past to startling life.
Isaac Newton could have
I sense a reference
@@joeakers9943 mmmh... Maybe. He'd probably have had a harder time then Da Vinci. But I agree, once he understood the math/theory, he'd be delighted how it's been put to use.
I could definetely imagine Ceasar looking like this in the past. King Henry too.
For a second...
One incredible, mind-blowing second for each portrait...
You step out of that uncanny valley, and it's like you've been transported across time and space.
Incredible.
Good riddance to useless kings and queens like Henry VIII and Mary Queen of Scots.. just don't list them under historical figures.. it's disgusting
@6:00 Is anyone else getting strong Robert Pattinson vibes from Beethoven?
Julius cesar looks like a politician or a CEO.
Joan of Arc and antinous look like they can be fashion models.
Hadrian looks a lot like someone I know in person.
Da Vinci looks like he would be a professor at a school.
I think George Washington would have a more pointier chin and I didn’t expect him to have down turned eyes.
Awesome video!
What a stunner Antonius was! What lovely open kind faces Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius have. One of my best friends was Marcus in a past life.
Its amazing how this tech has humanized legendary historical figures, people who myths were made about, people who only had statues and paintings to remember them by... Yet there they are... Normal humans...
You are absolutely right, Kenobi
darth kenobi? hold on, something is wrong with the force
Leonardo looks like a teacher who would not really give out homework
Caesar is a politician. Henry VIII is a character actor. Livia is definitely on the red carpet, possibly reality tv star. Hadrian runs a tech startup. Antinous is on a show on the CW. Mary Queen of Scots has a RUclips channel that gets a lot of views but you don’t watch it. Mary Tudor is an MP. George Washington is an investment banker. Beethoven is doing jangly guitar rock. Michelangelo is your neighbor who does paintings while drinking wine. Young Hercules is in the major leagues playing first base. Marcus Aurelius is a novelist. Bull Bear is also on that CW show.
The only thing with Michelangelo is that while he was extremely talented in painting, he despised painting. His preferred form of art was sculpture.
Why does Mary, Queen of Scots look like a TikTok mom
These recreations look so lifelike, as if they were humans out of flesh and blood. Awesome! I love it! And thumbs up from me.
The biggest issue with this is that the eyes, lips and ear are consistently wrong but it is still very cool.
Just bugs me the eyes are usually in the wrong position compared to art work variation. The art works were usually very accurate, the narrow eyes wouldn't mean they have wide apart eyes in the render etc
Ikr
Agreed, I don't understand the fawning.
Doll's eyes.
The other artis is better I don't think they seems like them
You also have to consider that artists probably flattered the people they made paintings or sculptures of, making them seem more attractive than they actually were (just a theory).
6:30 oh he look alike my father..... Oh father! I miss him! He died in December 17th 2017
Hard to believe Isaac Newton died a virgin if he looked like that.
I am curious what Charles II of Spain would have looked like now.
I love this technique of bringing people back to life, beautifully done. I would be happy if I had a moving picture of my mother like that. She passed away forty years ago when I was just twelve and the memories of her moving have faded over the years.
Henry VIII was spot on. I know it would be a huge project, but it would be great to see our presidents who were in office before photography.
This is insane! I’d love to see religious historical figures next!
Just avoid Muhammed
@@superiormusic oh yeah isn’t there an Islamic rule about that? I think I heard about something like that.
@@superiormusic bruh every muslim prophet is a no no tho
@@superiormusic there are no paintings of the prophet muhammad.
Uhh you want some office worker krisna and buddha
Julius Caesar looked ruthless, maybe an executive in this look.
Henry VIII looked like a loser 😂
This was incredible! It really brings these historical figures to life.
Mary Tudor’s re-imaging was very generous
Most of these were spot on! And "modern" Michelangelo immediately struck me as good natured and pleasant. Fascinating this technology.
Kind of ironic that you say he was good natured and pleasant, considering that he was known to have outbursts of rage and paranoia.