Some of these look really good and others look like they crawled out of the depths of hell to curse our eyes with the obscene nightmare of a smile. But idk might be because of the style of the painting :)

People who had their portraits painted were important members of society. They wanted to look serious, not sad, and furthermore, I believe that most people had rotten teeth and were not keen at showing them. The teeth that so many stars and Instagrammers so happily display nowadays are usually not exactly the teeth they were born with, they have been straightened, polished, and whitened. Had they still had their crooked, more yellowish teeth, well, they probably would not smile quite as broadly.

Those original paintings aren't “sad“ just because the people in it aren't grinning like maniacs.

With all of the 'stop telling people to smile' talk that has been going around for a few years this seems a bit off the mark. I mean, I get the idea, but "There is nothing like a smile - so smile more!" being the end of the intro kind of... not the best. Smile if you're happy, smile if you feel like it- but stop telling other people to smile. It can sometimes make a bad day even worse.

This is beyond stupid. Leave the classics alone.

Interesting that so many are of women, and only one guy. It's almost as though the collection is telling women just to smile a little bit!

Pretty terrible. Their teeth would not be this good. Especially after the advent of the sugar trade.

Good image processing, but you did NOT use “AI”. There is no such thing. All there is so far are cleverly written algorithms to make use of the statistical trends in data mining/analysis.

It's like watching the video of "Black Hole Sun" by Therapy?

Theses are great, they did a good job. I just wish they would have backed them up and gave us the whole picture, not just close-ups. BTW, back in the day, bad teeth were a sign of wealth, only they could afford sweets.

Infamous American smile. 🙄

Sacrilege.

I love this idea! And the artist did a really great job of making them look very natural. For everyone complaining about their teeth being unrealistic - duh, they didn't have photoshop back then either.

Brilliant! Thanks!

I personally find these beautiful. Not as in the obnoxious "please smile more" passive aggressive comment. I think of it as if the subjects were smiling when portrayed. As a wish that they were more joyful and there was more happiness portrayed in classic art, which indeed tended to be very solemn and... sad (despite the virtuosity or technical value of the artwork itself).

Grotesque