Famous art ... with modern editing. (This was fun.)
Both Bottocelli portraits look like Johnny Depp and the Grant Woods are brother and sister in front of their Eldon Iowa farmhouse ....computers are marvelous tools
Strange how in many portraits throughout the ages, the posers look extremely serious.
It was to hide the rotten teeth
@LenHazell53
Definitely stands to reason. They had to have grinned occasionally.
@AnonySchmoose Smiling in pictures is actually a very recent phenomenon, it is why the Mona Lisa was for so long considered a unique piece.
@LenHazell53
Very fascinating. I didn't know that before. People could have smiled without opening their mouths. I wonder if there was a reason they weren't portrayed with a closed mouth smile, like Mona Lisa was.