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Which are your favorite artists when it comes to pictures and reconstructions of humans, environment or wildlife in ancient times?
Here is one of mine: Swedish-Finnish artist Tom Björklund who paints ancient humans and their environment. He also paints prehistoric and contemporary wildlife.
Here are a couple of examples of his art:
From left to right, top to bottom:
-Stone age woman from Finland -Western Hunter gatherer girl from Denmark -Boy from pre-Columbian Caribbean -Neanderthal boy
Another artist who also makes pictures of ancient warriors and others, is Peter Connolly. He is the author of books like Hannibal and the enemies of Rome and Greek armies.
Mycenaean warriors
Etruscan warriors
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Giovanni Caselli is an Italian artist who made a lot of vivid paintings of ancient people and environment. He has also made pictures of mythological figures and Dinosaurs.
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Here one can read about how the artist Gregory Manchess made the illustrations to National Geographics article The Black Pharaohs.
There are a couple of question marks though. Piankhy and Taharqa was not the same person as he writes. Also the skin the king wears do not look like a cheeta skin but more like leopard. One can also wonder did all kings and their soldiers during the 25th dynasty run around in leopard skins? Or is it mostly added to depict them as more "exotic" looking?
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In another thread I have mentioned Björn Landströms book Ships of the Pharaohs with many excellent pictures of ancient Egyptian ships and boats.
Landström did also write a couple of other books which are also a feast for the eye, among them The Quest for India and Columbus.
Here are a couple of pictures from The Quest for India:
Phoenician sailors repair their ship at Gibraltar
Roman ships wait in the port of Aden for the monsoon winds that will carry them across the Indian Ocean to the trading cities of India.
The monk Brendan and his crew spot a walrus during their voyage in the cold seas of the north
A hippo in West Africa as seen by the Portuguese captain Cadamosto in 1456
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