All of AI Mashups were created by K. Kris Hirst using MidJourney. Posted more or less weekly on Facebook and Mastodon. To reach Kris use the email shirkskirt (at) wasteflake.com
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22 November 23. Katsushika Hokusai (Japan, 1760–1849) creates a woodcut of a Roman aqueduct (ca. 1st c BCE)
Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai might have made something like this: a woodcut image of a Roman aqueduct. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Deming, David. "The Aqueducts and Water Supply of Ancient Rome." Groundwater, vol. 58, no. 1, 2020, pp. 152-61, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12958 (open access article)
- Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849) the British Museum
15 November 2023. Court artists in the Mughal Empire (India, 1526–1857 CE) illustrate Alexander the Great (356–323 BCE)
Alexander the Great (356–323 BCE) as imagined by court artists in the Mughal Empire of India (1526–1857 CE). Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Iconic Alexander Mosaic to be Restored, The History Blog, 2021. 1st century CE mosaic copy of original (lost) painting dated to the late 4th century BCE.
- Art of the Mughal Empire before 1600 (Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History at the MET)
- Markel, Stephen. "The Enigmatic Image: Curious Subjects in Indian Art." Asian Art, vol. July 30, 2015.
- "The Spy Zambur Brings Mahiya to the City of Tawariq", Folio from a Hamzanama (Book of Hamza). The Metropolitan Museum of Art
8 November 2023. Spanish surrealist artist Remedios Varo (1908–1963) and Mali Mud Architecture (14th c-present).
How the Spanish surrealist artist Remedios Varo might have painted the mud architecture of Mali. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Mud Masons of Mali from Atlas Obscura
- The Magnificent Mud Architecture of Mali Smithsonian
- Remedios Varo 1908–1963 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
- Remedios Varo at the Museum of Modern Art
1 November 2023. French artist and troublemaker Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) Descending the Spanish Steps.
Marcel Duchamp Descending the Spanish Steps. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Marcel Duchamp, French, 1887—1968, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.
- The Spanish Steps in Rome (or, Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti, completed in 1725), Walk Softly Italy
- Audrey Hepburn and the Spanish Steps, from Apollo Magazine, includes an overhead view of the Steps
- Nude Descending a Staircase #2, Philadelphia Museum.
25 October 2023. German expressionist artist and activist Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) and bog bodies
Käthe Kollwitz creates—or saves a man from becoming—a bog body. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Kathe Kollwitz, Prussian, 1867—1945 at MoMA
- Smithsonian magazine article about Tollund Man and other people of the bogs, most of the 1,000 or so were killed between 800 BCE—400 CE, although the earliest occurred ~8,000 years ago.
18 October 2023. Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986) paints the Great Wall of China (built 4th c BCE–16th CE)
The Great Wall of China, as Georgia O'Keefe might have painted it. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- CNN Travel: Six Sections with Beautiful Views Not the greatest title for an article, but a unique view of the Great Wall.
- The O'Keeffe Museum, many images show how poorly AI gets Georgia O'Keeffe.
11 October 2023. Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907–1954) sculpts Nefertiti (18th Dynasty Egypt, 14th c BCE)
Nefertiti painted by Frida Kahlo. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Becoming Frida Kahlo on PBS Frida Kahlo 1907-1954, Mexican
- MOMA
- Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung Nefertiti in English (18th Dynasty Egypt, 14th c BCE)
4 October 2023. Man Ray (American, 1890–1976) paints the Nazca lines (ca. 500 BCE–500 CE)
How Man Ray might have painted the Nazca Lines. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Man Ray at MOMA
- NOVA: Nazca Desert Mystery video and additional information
2 October 2023. Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866–1944) paints the Nazca Lines (ca. 500 BCE–500 CE)
A theoretical Wassily Kandinsky painting of the Nazca lines. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Wassily Kandinsky.net
- NOVA: Nazca Desert Mystery video and additional information
28 September 2023. Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886—1957) paints Machu Picchu (built 15th c CE)
What Diego Rivera might have drawn from Machu Picchu. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
23 September 2023. Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895) paints the Stones of Stenness (3rd millennium BCE)
What impressionist Berthe Morisot might have done with the Stones of Stenness. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Art News: Berthe Morisot 1841-1895
- Orkneyology
12 September 2023. Beatrix Potter (British, 1866—1943) draws an anteater drinking tea
What Beatrix Potter might have done with an anteater. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- The Beatrix Potter Society 1866—1943
- Animal Diversity Web: Giant Anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla
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