I think the paintings show how much the people and environment around you can shape who you become. Napoleon looks powerful on his own, but that image of him is also being created by everything around him and how people choose to see him. #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

I feel like the second one is more real personally because it seems to create an anti-environemtn which helps to disrupt a more normal or "realistic" way of thinking. It lets me see reality in a fixed way while the first one simply forces it #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

Wiley’s version feels more “real” to me because it looks more like how I understand people and power today. even tho both are representations, Wiley’s use of a modern looking subject and background makes the image feel more relatable and less like an ideal version of history #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

Definitely, Wiley's version feels more real. Throughout history, black art, influence, and power have been minimized. His interpretation feels like a part of history has been restored. #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

If we're true mimetic beings than Wiley's painting definitely feels more real as it is an inspiration and wanting to use that message to lift up their voice is definitely a true use of mimetics #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

if Aristotle was right, I'd say the newer/2nd version of Napoleon seems more "real" to me because he's more modern-day Napoloen, so he'd know what's going on today-- it feels way more authentic conversing w him vs old-day Napoleon.. #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

If we are mimetic the second painting would be more real. It captures something that is "real" to us today. We can relate to it, with the modern twist being something we are actually familiar with. #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

Wiley's feel more real because we connect more to something that is of our time. The real Napoleon feels more glorified and idolized which takes away the feeling of relation.
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The second feels more real in the sense that I can relate to it. I am not some great King leading an army, I am the man in street clothes just hoping to get. #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

Wiley's Napoleon feels more "real" to me because he feels more representative of the time I actually live in. The person looks familiar to me, while David's Napoleon feels more like an idealized painting of a historical figure. #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

#hwa3 #thetwonapoleons seeing as we live in 2026 and not whatever era Napoleon was in (im bad at years sorry), the second version feels much more real. i relate much more to a POC than a white man conquering on a horse. what could me and napoleon even talk about without killing each other ?

The version of Napoleon that feels more real to me is the 2nd one because as mimetic beings we have the power to express ourselves in any way. Wiley used his power to express Napoleon that way and that feels real to me. #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

The second painting is more real to me because it makes me feel more than the first one. There is a strong meaning behind the second one that makes it feel more real in today's world #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

Wiley's Napoleon feels more real because when I look at Jacques's version all I see is a white man going into war but when it's Wiley's version, I see a black man wanting to have just as much power as a white man. When in history it was hard and even today it could be hard #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

I would say that the first version feels most real to me. My first impression of the second painting felt very off. This makes more sense now that I realize that what has been "real" to me in this case has been the accumulation of cognitive schemas in a particular way #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

contemporarily, i feel like Napoleon is a representation of anyone from any class claiming power, even when the ground is too shaky to successfully claim it without struggle. the contemporary dressing style feels more real to me #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

I would say the paintings represent reality because of how Napoleon is that the people around would most likely influence the people around you. Like if you were around bad influences the chances are that you would be likely to those stuff too.
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But also with the modern aspects of the painting, like the streetwear for example, I just find to be more "real" because it is literally apart of my current reality. #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

Actually, neither of them. I feel like both are coming from a perspective they think are “real”, and what I mean by real is the actual scene that happened in history. I don’t believe neither of them is real, they are all story telling from one’s perspective. #hwa3 #thetwonapoleons

#hwa3 #thetwonapoleons The first version feels more real. Something screams the orginal to me. It feels like it tells a story of American strength and patriotism.