In classic portraiture, the artist’s subjects often pose stoically without smiling, resulting in a lot of very serious-looking characters looking down their long, aristocratic noses at museum-goers. In the clip below, someone spliced their own mouth over several unsmiling art portraits, then made a gif so the paintings burst into 3-D life, right before our very eyes.
It’s incredible to see how the lower half of the face transforms the eyes, bringing light, joy, humor, and other emotions to these painted faces. Check it out.
How cool is that? I wish we could find the original poster of this clever video! If anyone knows who made this, please let me know.
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