Italian artist Alessandro Tomasi has reconstructed the faces of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers and statesmen using as reference statues and busts kept in various museums around the world.
Tomasi, who is based in Florence, has gained thousands of followers in social media around the globe for his painstaking work of bringing the past back to life.
Homer face reconstruction pic.twitter.com/3InLMniDKD
— Alessandro Tomasi (@ATomasi__) November 10, 2020
Face reconstruction of the Greek Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes (384-322 BC) pic.twitter.com/8J0t6lDR2z
— Alessandro Tomasi (@ATomasi__) December 21, 2020
Socrates face reconstruction pic.twitter.com/jzJrrBOZUQ
— Alessandro Tomasi (@ATomasi__) November 14, 2020
Antisthenes face reconstruction pic.twitter.com/xQqrWSNHxC
— Alessandro Tomasi (@ATomasi__) October 16, 2020
Herodotus face reconstruction pic.twitter.com/Hj8iFRzq2Z
— Alessandro Tomasi (@ATomasi__) October 6, 2020
Face reconstruction of the Greco-Phoenician philosopher, mathematician and astronomer Thales of Miletus. pic.twitter.com/fA00VB2oaR
— Alessandro Tomasi (@ATomasi__) October 1, 2020
Alexander the Great face reconstruction based on the Lysippus bust and the Alexander Mosaic (Naples National Archaeological Museum) pic.twitter.com/QuJqRhsmOw
— Alessandro Tomasi (@ATomasi__) September 24, 2020
Alexander the Great face reconstruction based on the Lysippus bust and the Alexander Mosaic (Naples National Archaeological Museum) pic.twitter.com/QuJqRhsmOw
— Alessandro Tomasi (@ATomasi__) September 24, 2020
Pythagoras pic.twitter.com/H1Ur0ugCH3
— Alessandro Tomasi (@ATomasi__) September 13, 2020
Aristotle face reconstruction pic.twitter.com/DMMzEa5kcE
— Alessandro Tomasi (@ATomasi__) October 30, 2020
Homer face reconstruction pic.twitter.com/3InLMniDKD
— Alessandro Tomasi (@ATomasi__) November 10, 2020