All of AI Mashups were created by K. Kris Hirst using MidJourney. Posted more or less weekly on Facebook and Mastodon. To reach Kris (with any luck) use the email shirkskirt (at) wasteflake.com
Gobekli Tepe YouTube, Milo Rossi Turkey 30:33
Older than Stonehenge, from the BBC Travel
Introducing Mary Quant 1930–2023 Victoria & Albert Museum
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13 March 24. Ramses II by W.W. Denslow
Dorothy Gale visits Ramses II in the style of WW Denslow. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by Frank L. Baum with illustrations by W.W. Denslow, 1900. Free to download from the Library of Congress.
- William Wallace Denslow (1856-1915), Collection at Syracuse University Libraries
- Ozymandias, poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), at the Poetry Foundation
- Griffiths, J. Gwyn. "Shelley's 'Ozymandias' and Diodorus Siculus." The Modern Language Review, vol. 43, no. 1, 1948, pp. 80-84, JSTOR, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3717977
- Page, Thomas. Colossal 3,000-year-old statue unearthed from Cairo pit. CNN 10 Mar 2017.
- Red Granite Statue of Ramesses II, British Museum.
- Shelley and Smith
- Reuters, Look on my works, ye mighty … Ozymandias statue found in mud. The Guardian, 19 March 2017.
7 March 24. Yaxilan Temple 33 as if it were created as a Roman mosaic
Yaxilan Temple 33 as a Roman Mosaic. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Inscriptions at Yaxilan Peabody Museum, Harvard.
- Temple 33 at Yaxilan, A Zwegers, on Wikimedia
- Yaxchilan, Maya Ruins Website
- A Brief Introduction to Roman Mosaics, Getty Museum
- Overview of Roman Mosaics, Isabella Meyer, Art in Context 2023.
28 February 24. Falling Water by Maurice Utrillo
What if Maurice Utrillo had visited Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater? Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Maurice Utrillo(1883-1955), ArtNet
- What is Falllingwater?, built in 1935, Fallingwater.org
- Fallingwater, FrankLloydWright.org
21 February 24. The Venus of Willendorf by Maria Lassnig
Maria Lassnig reimagines the Venus of Willendorf. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- The Birth of Venus, from Jarrett A. Lobell in Archaeology Magazine, Jan/Feb 2023. Gravettian, 30,000-22,000 years ago
- Venus of Willendorf: Exaggerated Beauty, How Art Made the World, PBS
- Maria Lassnig, Austrian, 1919–2014, ArtNet
- Maria Lassnig Tate Museum
14 February 24. The Venus of Willendorf ala Edward Weston.
Edward Weston reimagines the Venus of Willendorf. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- The Birth of Venus, from Jarrett A. Lobell in Archaeology Magazine, Jan/Feb 2023. Gravettian, 30,000-22,000 years ago
- Weber, Gerhard W. et al. "The Microstructure and the Origin of the Venus from Willendorf." Scientific Reports, vol. 12, no. 1, 2022, p. 2926, doi:10.1038/s41598-022-06799-z.
- Edward Weston from the Weston Gallery.
- Edward Weston, International Photography Hall of Fame.
7 February 24. The Venus of Willendorf ala Robert Mapplethorpe.
Robert Mapplethorpe reimagines the Venus of Willendorf. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- The Birth of Venus, from Jarrett A. Lobell in Archaeology Magazine, Jan/Feb 2023. Gravettian, 30,000-22,000 years ago
- Robert Mapplethorpe biography from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.
31 January 24. Eva Gonzalès at Mesa Verde in Wintertime
Eva Gonzales paints Mesa Verde in winter. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
24 January 24. Jacques Tati and Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali and Jacques Tati. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Biography of Jacques Tati (1907-1982) IMDB
- Review of Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Roger Ebert, 10 Nov 1996
- Salvador Dali biography (1904-1989) Art News
- Salvador Dali Metropolitan Museum of Art, lots of images
17 January 24. Edwin Landseer Paints a Guinea Pig
Edwin Landseer paints a loving portrait of his neighbor's guinea pig. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Edwin Henry Landseer 1802-1873, Royal Academy of Art UK
- Ten Things to Know about Edwin Henry Landseer, National Gallery of Art
- Guinea Pig Domestication, Andes Mountains 3000-5000 BCE K. Kris Hirst, ThoughtCo.
10 January 24. Mary Quant at Gobekli Tepe
Mary Quant models visit their inspiration, Gobekli Tepe, Turkey. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
Gobekli Tepe YouTube, Milo Rossi Turkey 30:33
Older than Stonehenge, from the BBC Travel
Introducing Mary Quant 1930–2023 Victoria & Albert Museum
3 January 24. Maud Lewis and the Wild Jungle Fowl
Maud Lewis paints the ancestor of all modern chickens, the Wild Jungle Fowl. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Maud Lewis (1903-1970) , Art Canada Institute
- Maud Lewis Official website
- How the Wild Jungle Fowl became the Chicken, Ann Gibbons in Science magazine, 2022.
- Best, Julia et al. "Redefining the Timing and Circumstances of the Chicken's Introduction to Europe and North-West Africa." Antiquity, vol. 96, no. 388, 2022, pp. 868-82, Cambridge Core, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.90 Open Access
27 December 23. Ada Lovelace and Toulouse-Lautrec
Ada Lovelace in an internet cafe painted by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- English, Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), the First Tech Visionary, Betsy Morais, The New Yorker, October 15, 2013
- Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864–1901. Heilbrun Timeline of Art History, the Metropolitan Museum.
20 December 23. Clementine Hunter and Newgrange
Clementine Hunter Paints Newgrange. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- American Clementine Hunter (1887-1988), biography, National Museum of Women in the Arts
- Clementine Hunter, ArtNet, includes many pictures of her artwork
- Newgrange Passage Tomb, a 5,000-year-old passage tomb (burial chamber/astronomical observatories in Ireland, official website
14 December 23. Sophia Schiemann and Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Sophia Schliemann by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- The Trojan Women, a bit about Sophia Schliemann's (German, 1852—1932)'s undersung role in the archaeology of Troy, by Gert van Wijngaarden in Experiment, 15 Feb 2018. Includes the image we're referencing here.
- Heinrich Schliemann, German, 1822–1890, Smithsonian Magazine
- Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755—1842), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.
7 December 23. Ansel Adams and Maya Cenotes
An imagined Ansel Adams photograph of a Maya Cenote. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- American photographer Ansel Adams, 1902–1984, Biography, Brittanica.
- Ansel Adams works, Museum of Modern Art.
- Cenotes, Thoughtco.com
28 November 23. Pablo Picasso's (1881–1973) "Girl Before a Mirror" in Stained Glass (ca 3rd c C–present)
Picasso in stained glass. Image Credit: MidJourney and K. Kris Hirst
- Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror, PabloPicasso.org
- History of Stained Glass, K. Kris Hirst at ThoughtCo.com
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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