Historical Statues Brought To Life Using Colorization & AI Technology

[@agnesstrzykowska4300]

It was like watching them awakening after hundreds of years! It sent shivers down my spine! Absolutely amazing!

[@giuseppedl9049]

... but if they don't even know that Cesare had dark eyes, how much ignorance! ... and you get chills too :))

[@karlkee]

Awakening sure, all of them awakening with the same lips like Betty Boops’ lips Lol

[@supportingfire]

I think he made the men too warm & fuzzy. Upper-class Roman males were not huggy guys.

[@LaB567]

Thousands of years!

[@aizac91]

@@giuseppedl9049 I'm a Muslim that's interested in this topic but what's so important about his eye colour?? If he has blue eyes it does not mean that Ceaser was of Northern European descent (I know that is what you are most concerned about). He is still very much a Meditteranean Southern European man. You are aware that blue eyes didn't originate in Northern Europe from the start right? There were already blue eyes within the Persian empire, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Greece (All periods), so relax would you with the blue eyes issue. As long as the overall facial structure and appearance is of a European man and not some black man, I see no problem with the inaccuracy of his eye colour. You make a big deal as if is such a big issue, and pretend that there were no blue eyes at all in the Meditteranean. It is NOT the majority but the fact remains there were Meditteranean people with blue eyes without any mixture of Northern Europeans. So just relax.

[@elizabethkizzar5489]

I really love this video. I just saw a news article about how originally Greek and Roman statues were painted.But when the statues were found they were washed to clean the dirt off.But that also washed away the paint. Curators at museums wondered about some of the statues have unique markings they took samples and found out the statues secret.

[@otorishingen8600]

the future of histoyclass - moving avatars telling their story

[@kelseydonoghue158]

That’s actually a brilliant idea. I’d definitely be more engaged in history class; that’s for sure.

[@otorishingen8600]

@@kelseydonoghue158 thank you 🌞 Imagine augmented reality on a smartphone when you turn your phone towards a stature or painting it coming alive... ultimate museum experience 👌

[@kelseydonoghue158]

@@otorishingen8600 That’d be really, really cool. That’s excellent for an app idea. Maybe a museum companion app; an alternative to touching the statues and paintings. I can remember leaving the museum with that sort of emptiness, like something was missing. Being in a museum is interesting. It’s like being somewhere and doing something but not doing something. Maybe that could fill a void. I couldn’t have been the only person with that strange feeling.

[@Oldie699]

That would be amazing

[@roxelbr]

Awesome idea!

[@inganorden1816]

So many comments regarding coloring of skin, hair, and eyes! I lived for many years in Italy, and while most are dark haired with brown eyes, l also met people in the North (Milan for example) that could have passed for Skandinavians, almost white-blond, blue eyes, blond lashes and eyebrows. It's a regional thing. Also, fashionable women in ancient times wore often wigs, blond and reds were favorites. The hair was "harvested" from foreign slaves, prisoners of war. The Roman Empire annexed so many foreign tribes, there might as well have been an influx of nordic genes. As for Julius Caesar, in one biography he's described as having penetrating grey-blue eyes, in another one, dark brown. We'll never know for sure.

[@audrey9able]

You can see how they idealized their public figures, because almost everyone had similar small rose bud lips on females and very prominent noses on men.

[@Introvertsan]

Sculptures and paintings of powerful people was their photoshop and face tune

[@mayumimori3279]

actually roman statues were very accurate. The greeks that really idealized public figures in name of beauty

[@treatmefavourably9825]

@@Introvertsan Haha, nicely said.

[@PaulMurrayCanberra]

Yeah, weird how those sculptures of italians all have big noses.

[@KenanTurkiye]

What strikes me is how nearly all are given blond hair and blue eyes. Most of the Roman and Greek features shown in the sculptures are prevalant in modern day Italy and Greece. And those modern samples who have the same features as the ancient ones are dark haired, darker skin and eye hues. This rendering has idealized them, perhaps thinking blond and blue is better? obviously not.

[@hmmmmmmmmmm73]

Can’t help but imagine......if you watch the video in reverse, it would be exactly what would happen if Medusa said Hello to these people, looking into their eyes! Excellent virtual reconstruction!!

[@fanaticat1]

Maybe they should have a statue of medusa come to life! That would be interesting 🤔

[@joehardy9610]

These pictures NEVER fail to impress

[@MrAlois294]

Julius Caesar,according to Suetonius,had black eyes.

[@ascarius]

you are right... in general I think this video contains too much blond hair, white skin and blue eyes... I wonder what is based on

[@cindyc.9539]

Exactly. Romans were latins, after all, their hair and eyes were most likely dark

[@Jenjen-qc5eq]

Exactly, I have been to Italy and they have dark eyes and hair and olive complexion.☕Uk

[@jaxb.8351]

I also felt that the figures in general were very whitewashed. I mean they’re from the Mediterranean. I imagine their features in general would’ve been much darker.

[@FF-vx2vl]

A lot of Europeans have dark complexion, it is not because of current multiculturalism but because it is quoted and found in Literature, very good point you made

[@joalfonsiuswolfenstein8386]

Imagine seeing your beloved ones come back to life,

[@cedricgist7614]

I have.

[@donovanbryan8086]

Where can you find a program to do all this. Millions will pay to bring back loved ones

[@cybercat29]

WOW 😳 It is simply amazing how they can bring these people to life just based on their statues 😳

[@billbright1755]

It’s not set in stone but I think a costume party would be cool with these people. It’s like dude I haven’t seen you in ages!

[@MysteryScoop]

🤣🤣🤣 this was funny! Thanks!

[@LittleTut]

Right! LOL! :))

[@bentonrp]

@Bill Bright Yes, they would love to reunite... until Livia Drusilla is poisoned by Julia and Agrippina the Elders for her and her son banishing them to die in remote islands and secretly executing any heir to the thrown just to establish a Imperial Claudian bloodline...

[@yosoy3982]

@@MysteryScoop At the end of 2016 during a meditation ritual I summoned the spirit of Achilles, demigod and hero of the Trojan War at Homer's Iliad. What I saw was a boy about 14 or 15 years old, big emerald eyes with curly golden hair that reached to his waist. He was tall, handsome and with a very refined face. From what I saw the boy had an appearance that did not seem of this world.

[@khloecohen4831]

LOL!

[@xanderk84]

Pretty cool, although Caesar was described as having dark eyes, not blue. The rest of his face looks right though. Would like to see Augustus, Alexander the Great, and Hannibal too. Would be super cool if they start using deepfakes like this on real actors faces for movies about these figures.

[@LittleSisterShotgun]

Yes, but in the ancient world blue would have been considered a light shade of black.

[@istara]

I'd love to see Cicero and Vergil reanimated.

[@highoncaffeine]

Edgar Ramirez actually looks quiet a bit like this depiction of Caesar.

[@MrFusco1980]

Does it really matter? You complain about AI making someone that's 2,000 years old the wrong eye color. 🙄

[@Toyicriatura]

I was gonna point out that as well!!

[@jameslawson5116]

That was amazing and kind of creepy all at the same time! I loved it. I can't imagine anyone wanting to give this a thumbs down.

[@lavendersunsets7066]

Amazing you guys did it again! Keep up the good work!

[@mikesrandomchannel]

I love how Plotina actually looks so caring and generally nice. Complete contrast to Poppaea.

[@manzanero2008]

The soundtrack is just perfect. Nice job. Thanks a lot.

[@vassilisioannou5488]

They came back to life after 2000 years, it's like they had a second chance and we are here to witness it.

[@aguilarcreative]

Great video, it’s always so interesting to get to know more about people in our distant past and wonder about their lives. An observation I make is to point out about most of the subjects skin tone and complexion in which you chosen an extremely light type almost Nordic, seems these individuals would’ve had a more medium or olive type complexion since Italy and it’s Mediterranean weather with lots of sun all year round. You can see it on native Italians with dark hair and an medium or olive skin complexion.

[@esthergonzalezarnedo241]

Excellent work, guys! You have became my favourite web site! One suggestion, would you do this for some famous greek statues such as Hermes of Praxiteles Milo's Venus, Alcibiades, Pericles, Doriphoros, etc? It would be outstanding. Thank you guys

[@pamott1809]

I LOVE your channel!! You really bring history to life!! Beautifully done as always!!!

[@rich4204]

Background music adds another level

[@maryjohnb.824]

Most of the women have square faces and enormous eyes. I suspect they didn't all look like that, but it was the ideal around that time and their statues were carved to look that way.

[@nobae2024]

And small full lips. However their faces are diferent, so I guess it's similar with today filter. We filter our faces into good looking ones..but still look like ours.😎

[@angelabender8132]

The only square face is Sofia Loren Lol Oval faces were the standard of beauty The romans were particular in depicting the real in faces even bringing out moles!

[@carlosjavierguzman1509]

Julius Caesar looks so fucking hot!!!

[@corirb1428]

They used plaster casts to do the faces in the status. That is why those status a so they look so real. The bodies is probably another story.

[@Valerie-gn1rr]

@@angelabender8132 Sophia Loren was beautiful! What are you on?!

[@rifyrafi]

This is absolutely incredible. It’s like you went back in time and took a picture of historical figures and came back to 2021 to show us. Please do the Last Supper.

[@rosered103]

How cool is that! Every time a figure 'came to life' I smiled.

[@NickVenture1]

Hello Dear, I have a question: Is the goal to make a stone statue's face look alive or do you want to give us an idea how the real alive person may have looked based on the sculptured portrait? I have a suggestion: Beside the lively faces you show already now beside the stone heads you could (please) still add a third portrayal showing the more real life face. I explain: To see the stone face turn into flesh with blinking eyes etc is already very nice and interesting. BUT... there is obviously an idealization made already in the stone sculpture and you seem to just leave it this way in your interpretation as a face in flesh. The ancient artists definitely reduced the mouths on most of their sculptured portraits. Not always.. but very often. This was felt to be more appropriate for a representation of somebody gazed at by many. To me this makes the faces of these Ladies look like porcelain dolls. The mouths are probably half the size of the reality. Eyes may have been a bit enlarged .. So.. what do you think? It will make your good videos even more valuable. Just add the "Real Life Suggestion" version Nbr 3 show after the "Stone turned into flesh" version. To enlarge a bit the mouths and sometimes reduce a bit the oversized eye globes is probably easy for you. Thank you. I like to see more of your work.

[@NickVenture1]

@Ben Jones Yes Yes! Very good observation. And don't forget the skin color filters used by millions our days as apps in common selfie smart phones.

[@M.A.K.O.S.H]

А по мне так лица к нынешним жителям Рима не имеют никакого отношения, скорее огромные глаза, маленький рот, округлые щеки выдают славян

[@M.A.K.O.S.H]

И кстати, авторы с предельной точностью оживили скульптуры, перед нами человек из прошлого такой, каким его видел скульптор, отображен характер, черты лица и ни один не смотрится как кукла

[@lyndapierson6338]

exactly!

[@valentinaarriagada5860]

Indeed... artists at that time used to make scullptures according to a standarized model of beauty and harmony that not necessarily corresponded to the real model

[@omomo202]

I’m trying to sleep and then I found your channel…🤯

[@ashlieneevel9671]

I'm curious as to how accurate the representations are. Take a statue of Queen Victoria whom we know what she actually looked like and let whatever AI does this create a representation of her for us to compare to a picture of her

[@julzgulz1992]

You are correct in thinking these statues were carved with stylization. They would take the likeness of the person but carve the final image to fit a beauty ideal. Kinda like a magazine cover of Kim Kardashian verses what she would look like without all the surgery, makeup, and photoshop if she were normal. These statue carvers were the original facetune.

[@luzciano]

You are right, thi is cool to watch, but not accurate the representation for sure, almost everybody with blue or green eyes, skin tones are too white for Greeks and Romans.

[@magistradox39]

@@luzciano I'm more northern European, but I greek relatives who are blonde, with blue eyes. And I know many Italians (mostly northern Italy) who are very white. I'm very dark compared to them.

[@Masterofmultiverse]

good thinking!

[@Introvertsan]

@@julzgulz1992 They had to or they would be beheaded

[@brigittebadawi6897]

Also this here do amazing. I'm happy found this channel. I hope we will see more and more from your great job.

[@joannewoodward2482]

It's clever how it's done, they look really life-like.

[@beastshawnee]

love these but the artist need to remember that features were idealized-eyes were made larger and mouths smaller to create their version of a beauty filter-so possibly make them slightly less perfect and more human?!

[@audrey9able]

I guess they wanted to test the AI on "moving" and making the sculptures human like. I agree, these sculptures are the ancients' way of idealizing their public figures.

[@jdee4956]

Yes, but the more guesswork you put in, the less accurate the portraits become ...

[@aizac91]

@Jane Tannerevans wrong, people know how they look like. And they were certainly Mediterranean European people if you've some funny ideas of these people actually look like.

[@jatojo]

Small mouths seems to have been popular in art at the time.

[@анниелниф]

and unnaturally large eyes as well...

[@vanitine]

My mouth is about the same size as most of these statues......

[@jatojo]

@@vanitine Caesar would have loved you.

[@vanitine]

@@jatojo 😂

[@SachsVDE]

"Say yes to Racism"..😁😂🤴🏿👍

[@mamisanga]

Is amazing. Well done! Thank you!

[@judyesford6973]

This is so amazing i am 70 yera,s old and looking ancient as they were . Love it.

[@Berven-gf9jq]

You Sir, are my absolute new youtube hero :-) Breathtaking work, and super fitting music! Hats off :-)

[@MysteryScoop]

Wow, thanks!

[@Jeaniweeny4242]

Absolutely love this channel what amazing work thankyou 💕

[@MysteryScoop]

Thank you so much!

[@1MyNameisGladiator]

Nice, loved it. Thank you for your work!

[@denicewinders6196]

Sooo impressed, this is BRILLIANT

[@janicefrantz1831]

Thank you so much for all your hard work. Fascinating is too weak a word... It's like having a time machine. Wow.

[@pixiestyx1766]

Brilliant, simply brilliant.

[@ANFeuerstahl]

Good job. Congratulations and thank you for the upload.

[@danielracovitan9779]

The eyes of these statues were probably made bigger than the ones of the actual people, by the sculptors, perhaps a fashion of the era; the rendered modern eyes look abnormally big

[@ishtar2848]

Wow, this is amazing❣️😍👍👍 I love this ❤️ Thanks for sharing 👍

[@jessicajohnson2089]

Just curious, I'm new here. Have you ever worked your magic on the " Last Supper " ? I personally would LOVE that. Keep up the good work. I think your channel is incredible.

[@MysteryScoop]

Too many in one picture 😄

[@fanaticat1]

Great suggestion!

[@Metal0sopher]

The faces in the Last Supper were based on people Da Vinci knew, probably workers and friends of his, and maybe some random individuals that stood out in his mind.

[@DjEddie85]

He doesn't work for Universal Studio or Marvel Studios, that's not CGI what he's making here, it's just, I guess, Photoshop and some picture motion program that brings pictures to life, I had similar app for my smartphone I mean I still have it..And I love your work sir, thank you for that.

[@cliffb1932]

@@DjEddie85 what is it called

[@iraludtke2406]

Very good video I seen everyone's where they make the hair look real and they show different smiling or not you're doing okay keep up the good work

[@leocorrea5935]

I love these efects. I would like to see that technology in ancient Egypt statues. :)

[@angiek6446]

this is amazing! thanks for uploading 👍🏼

[@arjanbrass1626]

It was amazing to see them come back to life from their long sleep for thousands of years ago, amazing!! 👍 👍

[@jordancarpenter4093]

but the Ancient Roman people were tanned Mediterranean type big time, the pale people were considered inferior anglo- barbarians !

[@georgeralph8031]

They live once again, taking one final breath life and remembering their legacies, while gazing back at us thru the veil of time.

It's great that you paid special attention to the women of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, as they were very important figures but we tend to remember only the male figures.

[@Eve-The-1stWoman]

These are awesome!

[@artdecotimes2942]

Much better than that other nonsensical one that completely changed the faces, much more realistic and capturing the bone structure and faces of the past. Which were different by the matter of way. However, their were different skin colors and eye colors but more importantly ....more importantly I don't remember.

[@Lylyhyde]

Wonderful! Congrats! It's amazing.

[@MysteryScoop]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@samgott8689]

Congratulations- you made the busts look like they originally did! A fun fact about these statues and busts were painted NOT just plain marble. Not sure if it’s the same with the family death masks or not, but apparently Rome was a pretty gaudy and colorful place.

[@MPM6785ChitChat]

Temples etc all over the world were colourful too

[@HEROSMUSIC1]

THE TRUE TIME MACHINE TECHNOLOGY COME FROM 100 AND 100 YEARS AGO........ABSOLUTELY MASTERPIECE.

[@yg2hj]

amazing how detailed the statues are

[@meggiemccarty1369]

It's amazing ! Thank you very much !

[@27aralik]

I am so happy for that discovered your channel!

[@giuseppedl9049]

... but if they don't even know that Cesare had dark eyes, how much ignorance and superficiality! :))

[@sweetnesslight5656]

Your work is amazing!

[@afotini1]

Hello and thank you for this beautiful recreation! Can you please continue this wonderful work emphasizing on more Greek classical statues this time? We' greatly appreciate it! Thanks!

[@michellebruce5092]

I like how there brought to life. The art creations are wonderful and beautiful 😀😀

[@diamonddia5545]

Im highly impressed by your work and dedication..Thank you for doing this for all of us. Beautiful 👌🏼well done PS"YOUR new subscriber

[@lynnmori3282]

Absolutely amazing. Great work.

[@darlenevm]

Love these videos

[@MysteryScoop]

Thank you!

[@river1790]

Always enjoy your videos

[@abrahkadabra9501]

These people from antiquity were similar to the extremely wealthy people of today. They lived lives that were very far removed from the average people of the time.

[@veralenora7368]

I've finally managed to get hold of "A history of the world" by H.G. Wells. Yeah, the scifi writer, but this was nonfiction. A stunning best seller, including all reprints at the time it was written and for decades later. He is not kind to the Roman Empire. To say the least. Highly recommend it!

[@veralenora7368]

@Elena King Read "An Outline of History" by H. G. Wells. Yeah, the sci fi wirter but this is nonfiction. Wells, I'm just finishing his chapters on the Roman Republic and Empire, is a historian but his conclusions are inescapable. The Romans screwed up big time. Yes, I was surprised too to learn the facts.

[@abrahkadabra9501]

@@veralenora7368 Thanks. 👍 I'm a sci-fi fan and I can't believe I haven't read H.G. Wells yet.

[@jjrj8568]

not really; they lived like all-powerful Gods among men. "Wealthy" doesn't do them justice.

[@abrahkadabra9501]

@@jjrj8568 Seriously? Do the super rich today die of dysentery, food poisoning, stabbings, assassination by their own staff, execution by their own security team? The myth is that they were all powerful but the truth is that they controlled the cities they lived in and not much more and they often died violently.

[@jerommeramirez1403]

Such a beautiful project. Thanks for ever.

[@MrAlois294]

"Цезарь,по словам Светония,был высокого роста,хорошо сложен,имел лицо несколько полное,кожу светлую,глаза чёрные и живые."С.Л.Утченко(1908-76),"Юлий Цезарь",М.,1998 г.,с.276.

[@АндрейКузнецов-х5н3т]

Светоний не видел Цезаря

[@zak09-]

@@АндрейКузнецов-х5н3т Кроме Светония, есть куча описаний Цезаря. И он описывался как кареглазый и черноволосый брюнет

[@АндрейКузнецов-х5н3т]

@@zak09- Среди описывающих есть те, кто видел Цезаря? Цицерон, например?

[@sweethome78700]

@@zak09- Цезарь в зрелые годы был лыс. Все эти портреты льстивы)

[@zak09-]

@@АндрейКузнецов-х5н3т Есть. Вергилий например. Собственно сам Цицерон был брюнетом. И если даже предположить,что современниками Цезарь не был описан,то зачем Светонию брать в среднестатестический портрет римлянина черные волосы и карие глаза? Потому что это обычная внешность исконных римлян. А видео бред

[@rosamaria4u]

I really like how most of their faces are so rounded n full and not 'slim n thin' ( I hope im getting the intent right). For the makers of this video..kudos to you and your team..the music along with the imagery.. perfect!

[@zimvader25]

Every single historical account of Julius Ceasar: dark eyes with salt and pepper hair. Whoever created these: nah, man. He was a blue eyed blonde just like jesus

[@amdr90s]

@Vinícius Martins It was irony, Vinicius.

[@GvidoniaChincharadze]

@Vinícius Martins Sarcasm

[@3wL7]

@Vinícius Martins _ Because that's absolutely wrong_ ... because you saw Him and you know how He looked like...

[@christoskyprianides5865]

Excellent, superb,amazing. One of the best sites of you tube.

[@annjohnson6193]

These are awesome.

[@khankhan-ge6oi]

Salute the person who invent this technology and the world seen thousands years people's how they look like Great Sir🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@Pricklypear1737]

So amazing!

[@alizulfiqar2559]

This is the minimum i.e., a thumbs up, someone could give but in fact you deserve more. I have seen a lot of efforts made by different artists, none of them however truly impressed me... but this time I am totally speechless.

[@osamaroum]

Thank you for sharing this experience with us , I hope that you can make another with middle eastern historical figures.

[@jennyrose9454]

I'd like to see Mumtaz Mahal

[@briendoyle4680]

Like Mohamad and his allahaha...

[@tillyt4054]

There’s a suprise 🙄

[@angelamary9493]

Love to watch these videos 😍

[@angiepodgurny4339]

Absolutely amazing.

[@mnelson311]

I love these videos. They help the past become real for me.

[@miam629]

Magnífico. Gracias desde España!

[@aljsghf]

amazing, I like livia drusila the most!

[@tomooms1167]

What sadness in seeing the 'life' in their eyes, yet knowing how or why they died.

[@rayva1]

Well we all know Caligula was never a good person. You can also imagine his mom and great grandma might’ve had a bit of looney in them.

[@Daud76]

Amazing! I am really impressed. 😍

[@MysteryScoop]

Thank you! 😊

[@Daud76]

@@MysteryScoop You are most welcome. 😊

[@dinasty68]

They seem grateful to be rescued from their petrified existence, even for a few seconds.

[@pennyrogers2048]

As always mesmerising

[@lindalucas3757]

I love this site

[@MysteryScoop]

Thank you!

[@giuseppedl9049]

... ... but if they don't even know that Cesare had dark eyes, how much ignorance and superficiality! :))

[@brennykins8823]

I thought the sequence of Pompeia Plotina very affecting, there was an air of melancholy in the expression. Lovely stuff! Thanks.

[@dannymacarthur13]

Every video I watch of yours, the more amazed I am. Cheers

[@scottwhite2757]

Very Cool makes me wonder,,great work..

[@adrianadiaz3467]

Maravilloso, sería increíble también observarlos con gestos menos amables.

[@Plutootjes]

Wonderful! Thank you.

[@willicycle]

thank you brilliant work, every schoolchild should watch these to see how the " important " people are just ordinary - like todays " celebs "

[@patriciasloan5122]

Love love love this!

[@YevgeniiaLasca]

Огромное спасибо!! Очень интересно!!

[@MysteryScoop]

и тебе спасибо!

[@tmgetts]

Much better! Using the statue themselves....awesome Job!

[@inesnaglic472]

Hi, Scoop, here we are, new year, the show must go on✌

[@MysteryScoop]

Yup, thanks for being here... Happy New Year!

[@mfchannel1374]

Hey Mystery Scoop! Could you make the Bronte Sisters be colourized and brought back to life please? Love your channel too!!! Big fan and already subscribed. Keep up the hard work!

[@adrianaikedo]

Amazing !!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😘🇧🇷

[@nadiamarsile3049]

Fabulous!! Thank you for share !!!

[@MysteryScoop]

Thanks for watching!

[@alexpond648]

I find it interesting, that their features show their imperfections even though they represent a certain immage of beauty in style and time. The artists didn't corrected a to big nose or asymetics in their faces. Not totaly idealised.

[@frectiedmenthos1]

They knew back then perfect symetry is boring and our imperfections make us unique and interesting. Now it's filters everywhere, everyone looks the same.

[@manupainkiller]

@@frectiedmenthos1 Well said !

[@Philobiblion]

Incredibly creepy, but I can't stop watching these vids!