I heard that Da Vinci had to draw a freehanded perfect circle in order to paint the Cistene Chapel, but then I learned Michelangelo painted the Cistene chapel, but I still see everywhere that Da Vinci was the first artist that was able to freehand a PERFECT circle. Are there any articles which confirm this, and are relible?
2007-01-30 17:39:14 · 7 answers · asked by Curious Moosilator 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
wow, never heard of that!...sounds pretty crazy- i'm gonna have to look into that. you deserve a star for that!
2007-01-30 17:48:19 · answer #1 · answered by theWord 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My grandma (an old artist) told me while she was teaching me to draw, that Da Vinci was once confronted by a mathematician and told that he wasn t a true artist because he couldn t draw a perfect circle free handed, since he believe it to be physically impossible he was hoping to humiliate Da Vinci, but Da Vinci was able to draw one such perfect circle and sent the mathematician on his way.
I ve Tried looking for this story online but was unable to find it so I m not 100% sure of the validity but this is as I heard it and as it has been passed down in my family.
2016-02-26 20:37:58 · answer #2 · answered by Tahere 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I throught it was Giotto, not Da Vinci who did the perfect circle thing, but I could be wrong.
2007-01-30 18:05:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is impossible for any human to do Even a computer controlled writing instrument can have a dimension of an atom variation of the perfect circle
2016-03-28 21:53:53 · answer #4 · answered by Gail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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you know, they have competitions for that, with prizes and all. I've heard only a genius or a madman can draw a perfect circle freehand. Then again, I've also heard I'm going to hell if i don't believe in a man on a stick who died for me.
2016-04-07 04:16:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this was a stunt da vinci performed to impress people. He was probably taught how to do it. I doubt you'll find anything that equates to solid evidence.
2007-01-30 17:47:37 · answer #6 · answered by sspade30 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-23 16:42:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm also just impressed, but is it even possible to draw a PERFECT circle? it seems to me that perfect is impossible
2007-01-30 17:53:24 · answer #8 · answered by Your mom goes to college 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋