An artist uses a neural network to bring historical figures to life (15 photos)

What would Napoleon or Mona Lisa look like if they were born at the end of the twentieth century? Digital artist Hidreley Diao creates portraits of historical figures as real as if he captured them with a modern camera.





The artist Khidreli takes as a basis historical figures, or rather, their most famous portraits or sculptures. From under his digital pen come incredibly realistic faces of generals, monarchs and artists. They look completely alive, as if they were actually posing for a photographer.

Historical figures often appear before us as demigods



Anne of Cleves, wife of Henry VIII

This is exactly how sculptors and artists depicted them several centuries ago.





And here is Henry VIII himself

They look like heroic figures that are hard to imagine in real life.



Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

But they were very real people, so the artist adds this realism to them



Sandro Botticelli

The artist presents them as if they were living today



Rembrandt

For example, one of the portraits he likes most is George Washington



Napoleon also turned out to be incredibly deep: Khidreli says that he sees his soul in the picture



This is what Julius Caesar would look like if he lived today



Of course, the clothes of our time come to the rescue



Mona Lisa

Modern fashion doesn't say much about a person's social status



Queen Nefertiti

It helps even the king to look equal to all others



Caligula

Unlike the outfits of the past, lush dresses, exquisite toilets



Catherine the Great

So modern jackets, shirts or sweaters add realism to celebrity portraits



William Shakespeare

And thanks to this, they all seem like ordinary people, despite all their achievements