This video is the best thing since sliced paper.

Giotto: draws perfect circle Messenger: weird flex but ok

"You can never leave furries behind." It's because they will always tail you.

A friend of mine is a painter and she painted a shark in the bathroom for a client’s kids and it’s so real that they were afraid to take a bath/shower for a few weeks

The actor Eddie Redmayne did his Master's Thesis on that Blue Painting. The thing is, Redmayne is colourblind.

I cannot believe people only watch the facts, i literally just watch this for the stuff in between

Karl never ever hurry up. Your banter is real and fun and the reason your 1 of my highest rated channels. Thanks for all the effort you put in your research and general knowledge is truly interesting.

In Italy we use this story to say that someone is very skilled in art "ha disegnato un cerchio perfetto, chi diavolo è, Giotto?" that translated is "he drew a perfect circle, who the hell he is, Giotto?"

There was a foreign exchange student in my 10th grade art class that could replicate anything the saw with photorealistic accuracy. It was incredible watching her draw.

Never stop going on tangents. Those are the best parts of your videos.

Pretty funny to me, as a colour blind fello, that Bluest blue is clearly purple.

Here in Italy there is a "type" of song called "tormentone" that only comes on during the summer. They are supposed to be catchy and not much else, their only special feature is that they get spammed constantly on every type of media for the whole summer. That's the reason you kept hearing it everywhere.

There better be booze in that cup. This (fake) sober Karl persona is getting too real.

Giotto: *Draws a freehand perfect circle* Pope: Weird flex, but ok

I never realized how impressive drawing a perfect circle free hand was until I accidentally drew one in middle school and my teacher flipped out and started showing it off but I have never been able to do it again because every time since I was actually trying

9:28-9:30 That is considered the Father of all italian literature... Thank you

You’re not the only one who believed photocopiers sliced blocks of paper, you are not alone Karl.

I'd like to imagine that the messenger just wasn't impressed because he could also draw perfect circles and just assumed that everybody else could do it as well. And his skills went completely unnoticed. :D

im just sitting here dying at the idea of people from deviant art time traveling to the proto-renaissance. thats hysterical

Why isn’t the color of the Fact Fiend T-shirt green screen green?

Smallwood: "I know what a piece of paper is called these days." Me: Yeah, its called a sheet of paper.

Shadow: teleports behind manger "Nothing personal, Jesus"

My Dad told me this story once when I was little. Thank you for sharing this story it's a real gem.

These kind of song are the kind of thing that bane our existence during summer

12:25 Brad, you went to the wrong cities. You can't go to a city were 99% of who's there is from abroad, and expect to hear Italian pop music

Time traveling Deviantartists founded Egyptian civilization.

Imagine if Diogenes had been alive for bum fights

That's blue screen blue. Damn.

I've been on deviantart. Yes it is like that This is one of the best episodes

Christian Sonic Fan art is a thing and its pretty funny

This is one of your very best videos, you should do more of these.... I love your take on comics and pop cultcha, but when you get into the more 'highbrow' stuff you are simultaneously respectful and completely unafraid to speak your mind. It's refreshing, and most of all its the very best kind of funny, the kind that comes with a fragment of knowledge the listener will keep forever. I have an informal list of things that I think justify the very existence of youtube. Lets face it, this place can be a cesspool, but it has redeeming features. And with you added to that list with this video, you just became the fourteenth one, joining among others two car mechanics, a Warhammer Lore guy, a Video game and media scholar, a naval historian, an afghani jeweler who almost certainly has no idea there is video of him working metal on youtube, and an english fellow who rants about mostly military stuff while verbally cosplaying as a lecherous gay anthropomorphic swine from Scotland. Well, I don't think the Scotland part is cosplay. It's an idiosyncratic list, guys, but it IS bloody hard to get on, I guess you will just have to take my word for it that you should be proud.

I actually got the see that bluest blue in person and tbh it makes a huge difference! It was actually really quite impressive in some strange way

I laughed so hard at the deviantart bit that I ended up upside down on my couch. Bravo gentlemen.

In italy they teach this piece of information about Giotto pre-Renaissance times, it is almost common knowledge: I had a teacher so obsessed about it, that every time he was near to a blackboard he tried to do the same achievement by hand

I love Karl's accent, it's almost half the reason I watch Fact Fiend, the other half is the humor, i love all the things he finds funny and the jokes he makes with whoever is filming that day.

As an art student the most impressive bit of Giotto's fly painting is the fact that art references back then were archaic if not useless. Cats looked like what failed attempts at taxidermied wild cats look like today. This absolute mad lad not only copied a fly enough to fool his master but when you take in account all the time he invested studying or even looking at a simple house fly (which is hard because well- they're constantly flying everywhere) and the fact that he managed that with no photo reference- Props, all of the props to my dude Giotto.

If my art history teacher in high school had included those kind of stories about the painters and sculptors I would probably be able to at least tell them apart. Instead all I remember is how stain glass windows weren't just pretty, they were also useful since common people were illiterate.

Watching your Videos stoned is really great 👌 Greatings from Germany

I think the best comeback for those people that say "I could have done that!" to some modern art is... "But you didn't."

The whole reason I absolutely love your videos is your hilarious tangents, and sometimes don't even watch the shorter ones. Just ignore the people who say get to the point, they don't understand the brilliance of your shows. Keep it up mates!

Jesus Christus that fucking song will hunt my dreams, È stato un incubo😂 Grande Karl, continua così!!

My favourite Italy memory is learning about the time the Roman republic lost its entire army in a battle with carthage and instead of making peace simply sent a message saying "see you next year"

As a artist practising free hand circles and straight lines is something a lot of us do all the time to keep our skills up.

I learnt to draw a perfect circle freehand during my trade. Just anchor your ring finger on the paper with the pencil on at the radius you want and then turn the paper... it’s a good way to get a drink in a bar bet ;)

Great as always... But that mug really kicks ass. Excellent choice.

Brad & Karl, you guys make my day. Your upload dates coincide with my work out days, and you always upload just before I hit the ski machine. When you dropped that comeback line, I nearly fell off the fucker laughing. You guys sincerely make my day better. Thank you so much for what you do :)

as far as im concerned hes half bird, pidgiotto xD

I stepped on a damn tack while watching this. Hurt like hell. Love your videos btw

As an Italian living in the UK I appreciate this video in so many ways hahaha

as a kid my parents bought us to a ton of art museums one of them had a the most realistic painting of riverbed rocks ive ever seen and kid me needed to touch it to make sure it wasnt really rocks when no one was looking

You pronounced Giotto right besides the unavoidable anglicisation of the o.

I'm Italian and I will say that you pronounced it good enough. We all mostly drunk and slurring anyways.

EYYYY VORREI MA NON POSTO IS AMAZING. Finaly some recognition for italian music. Thanks Karl

Imagine a burn so good that somebody wrote it down and we're still talking about it to this day.

J-Ax is everywhere, even on the Fact Fiends videos! 😆 Greetings from Italy!

Instructor makes perfect circle on chalk board. It’s on KZfaq. Uses entire arm to swing like a compass, so it’s big. Only time I’ve ever seen it.

Everytime these videos end, I feel like we the viewers missed a few more extra minutes of fun tangents you guys go on :( Would love to see a compilation of cuts that never made it into your videos!

I loved learning about Giotto in Renaissance Art histroy class in college. His Arena Chapel Pieces are just amazing.

I love this channel soo much , especially the tangents

I can't wait for the behind the scenes on this one!

I can draw a circle free hand, as well as do free-handed geometric designs, and even perfect lines. You’re right, it is a Rain Man type situation, because I’m autistic, but I don’t see numbers or anything. I’m a savant, but my savantism isn’t expressed that way. Its expression is more apparent in things like my aforementioned ability to draw circles, lines, and other designs freehanded, and my ability to recognize and create patterns.

I love the green in his tattoo because the whole in his arm👌

New subscriber and finder of your channel... and loving it so far! Thanks for the great content, especially on the more historical. Since you did Giotto, you should do more on the classical artists (*cough* Pontormo or Cellini *cough*). Thanks again for a great series.

Just learned about him in my art history class, you are actually pronouncing it right. 👍good job

God I love u 2 guys your the most real people I have ever watched on KZfaq

Yes, we are everywhere. Even behind you right now.

I laughed my knob off on this one mate, cheers

I guess it's been a while since I was in Italy.. Well it was... The song we heard everywhere (from Rome to Milano, we were in a few cities) was the Chihuahua song...

#SliceOfCleanPaper 😂😂😂

Nice. I also recommend Brunelleschi if you want to explore another Renaissance artist who had a hard time finding hose that could hold his balls.

loving the cup and the tattoo

That blue is blueming amazing you have bluen my mind

As someone who studies art that is basically a clear sign of mastery. If you can free hand a perfect circle it also shows control.

So when I started getting in touch with my Italian roots I immersed myself in all the Italian music I could handle. J-Ax was definitely up there. As was Fedez, Maneskin, Rovazzi, etc. Get to youtubing those artists, man. They're worth it.

Aaaaaahhh yer tattoos are fk’in with the green screen! I love it!

"You can never leave the furries behind, they always come in" Looks like Karl has been through some shit

Karl, thank you for the song. Love it

As an artist, if I saw him doing the circle, I’d lose my fucking mind. If I’d submitted my damn masterpiece I would have thrown it out myself. Its a weird thing to be an artist bc I find so many better artists than myself, so why try? But they challenge you by their mere existence to be better. I’ve been up Giotto’s Bell Tower and its fucking great. Damn good job my dude.

I started working in an ice cream story this year and I also was bombarded by J-AX’ Italiana. That and Loredana Bertè Non Ti Dico No. I’m quite sure she is a queen though. 67 and still going strong

I love the videos, banter and all. But check out this teacher who can draw a "perfect" circle, it is amazing to watch how he does it.

I can't fucking wait for the uncut version of this

I SWEAR IWATCHED THE WHOLE VIDEO

This was an amazing episode This might even beat the antelope

*legend, J-Ax is just one dude... And he's been hitting the charts for twenty years now. And I feel sorry for Brad, who apparently came to Italy during a period where foreign songs were trending, and thus missed out on our tremendously trashy pop music!

the part at the end reminds me of my trip to Ireland. Everywhere we went, we kept hearing Galway Girl by Ed Sheeran. Kinda became similar to Vorrei Ma Non Posto, except we could understand the lyrics.

Your pronunciation of Giotto is surprisingly accurate

I'm italian, I'm proud

I thought I’d made up that J-Ax guy from a fever dream cos when I was in Italy the we watched mtv a lot and this song called Maria Salvador always came on and it’s by him thank you for reminding me

I will from now on ONLY refer to it as a "slice" of paper

i stopped writing my university application (due tomorrow) to watch this, good job

Amazing episode!

Tombstone caption Karl Smallwood - Never left a furry behind

I had an art teacher that not only drew perfect circles but he would ask us to tell him a coin value (in our country we have several coins) , and then he proceed to draw it in one second, and you could put the coin inside the circle and it would fit perfectly. He also painted amazing stuff with just a mouse, going pixel by pixel.

All Deviantartist: We're not Barry Allen. But the Idea is there.

Our phisics teacher in highscool could draw perfect circle off hand but only one size as he had this weird technic were he could make his elbow stay in one place as rest of his hand drew it using elbow as a center

Brilliant video fellas

Giotto of Florence is on a art history final i have tomorrow. Coincidence?! Yes.

Physicist Walter Lewin can draw a perfect circle freehand as well as fantastic dotted lines on a chalkboard.

"Gio" in Italian is pronounced like the "ge"s in George. The Italian version of George is Giorgio and you pronounce it almost exactly the same and add an O at the end. ;)

dude you were saying you wouldn't be able to pronounce his name but you got it pretty spot on