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.
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
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.
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?"
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.
Kront I like how it is called torment one,reminds me of the Spanish word ‘atormentado ’, which means something is really annoying you. This also reminds me that in Spain there will always be songs that were created specifically with the summer vibe in mind, that are only popular during the summer and are very irritating. Maybe shared Spanish-Italian cultural heritage?
@@SK-kh8xq Tormentone literally means big torment. The songs songs in Italy also have a summer vibe, maybe its a shared phenomenon with coastal regions.
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
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
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"
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
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.
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.
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 :)
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!
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.
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.
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
2nd time he spelled it was the only time he spelled it 100%right Also thank god he just said dante, because that was tbe worst spelling of Alighieri that I've ever heard.
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.
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 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 ;)
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.
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.
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...
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.
As an artist myself I couldn’t imagine drawing a perfect circle. If I ever met an artist who could draw a circle free handed I’d give that person so much respect. People have no idea how much control and skill you have to have to draw a circle perfectly.
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.
Psst, Italian tipp here, GI is pronounced like your J This way, if you'll talk about the florencian painter who didn't give a crap, you can annoy them with your language knoledge
*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!
Time to flex my awesome art history degree and dangle it gloriously. If I remember correctly, he once made a painting of the Pope I believe and put it in a window so people every time they passed him by they would basically have to salute him. It’s a story one of my professors told us when we were talking about him. On a side note I almost died on limoncello, just by hearing the word makes me feel like I’ll throw up all over my shit.
Actually is quite common when you go in vacation in another country!!! Years ago I went to Amsterdam and it was exactly the same with Amerika by Rammstein, it was everywhere
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 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 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.
This video is the best thing since sliced paper.
Kids these days are spoiled with sliced paper. Back in my day you had to slice paper by hand.
PrimalTheEmperor (primal9000) 😂😂😂
No sliced bread....
@@fduranthesee I never asked for this -Adam West
@@hanniffydinn6019 you clearly didnt watch then 😂
"You can never leave furries behind." It's because they will always tail you.
youve won the internet
God......help us all
Thanks fur the great pun
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The actor Eddie Redmayne did his Master's Thesis on that Blue Painting. The thing is, Redmayne is colourblind.
A colourblind guy with red in his name wrote a thesis on a blue painting?
@@Highbrowser yes could be like me that I see some blues as pourples and yellows as greens
@@andreafalchi839 could you describe pourple? I've never seen or heard of that particular shade. Is it anything like purple?
@@jayjohns1391 it's where blue and red meet
@@jayjohns1391
Its your profile picture colour.... wait
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.
Dont forget his tangents
@@TomiVuori you're*
I cannot believe people only watch the facts, i literally just watch this for the stuff in between
Giotto: draws perfect circle
Messenger: weird flex but ok
Unusual flaunt but alas
SonofMan 69 nice profile pic
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
LMFAO
Never stop going on tangents. Those are the best parts of your videos.
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.
There better be booze in that cup. This (fake) sober Karl persona is getting too real.
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?"
@@martijnvanweele6204 I think they still use it in Tuscany , but not in my region
martijn van weele we don’t use it anymore
@@Ch4pp13 doesn't sound too different from here.
Pretty funny to me, as a colour blind fello, that Bluest blue is clearly purple.
Maybe your purple is our blue
Andrew Younger R/woosh
Is it the purplest purple though?
I’m not colorblind, and I think it’s more purple than blue🤷🏼♀️
@@heyimmashark9030 You probably are,there are many different degrees of colour blindness.There are tests online you can check out
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.
Kront I like how it is called torment one,reminds me of the Spanish word ‘atormentado ’, which means something is really annoying you.
This also reminds me that in Spain there will always be songs that were created specifically with the summer vibe in mind, that are only popular during the summer and are very irritating.
Maybe shared Spanish-Italian cultural heritage?
@@SK-kh8xq Tormentone literally means big torment. The songs songs in Italy also have a summer vibe, maybe its a shared phenomenon with coastal regions.
@@natanoj16 boten Anna?
@@t.a.hargrove1212 Vorrei ma non posto and italiana are recent examples
In Canada we have those too, we just call them "Greatest Hits and All time Favourites"
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
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
9:28-9:30 That is considered the Father of all italian literature...
Thank you
The inferno guy
im just sitting here dying at the idea of people from deviant art time traveling to the proto-renaissance. thats hysterical
You’re not the only one who believed photocopiers sliced blocks of paper, you are not alone Karl.
To be fair paper is sliced from larger pieces and/or roles of paper just not sliced horizontally
@@aggese You clever dog you. Have a sheet of cake.
@@cliftut en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheet_cake ? :-)
@@aggese It's not thin enough! IT DOESN'T COOOOOOOOOUNT!!! *carried off by photocopier technicians in white*
@@cliftut :-D
Why isn’t the color of the Fact Fiend T-shirt green screen green?
MrLuigi133 because Brad might murder him lol
He wears green T shirts occasionly.
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"
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
Shadow: teleports behind manger
"Nothing personal, Jesus"
Smallwood: "I know what a piece of paper is called these days."
Me: Yeah, its called a sheet of paper.
My Dad told me this story once when I was little. Thank you for sharing this story it's a real gem.
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.
Ooooooor Ghiberti and Vasari are liars. We’ll never know though.
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.
Like the whole Sonic and Tails thing is freaking priceless.
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 :)
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!
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.
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
I laughed so hard at the deviantart bit that I ended up upside down on my couch. Bravo gentlemen.
I think the best comeback for those people that say "I could have done that!" to some modern art is...
"But you didn't."
I stepped on a damn tack while watching this. Hurt like hell. Love your videos btw
I've been on deviantart.
Yes it is like that
This is one of the best episodes
Watching your Videos stoned is really great 👌
Greatings from Germany
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.
These kind of song are the kind of thing that bane our existence during summer
Imagine if Diogenes had been alive for bum fights
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.
2nd time he spelled it was the only time he spelled it 100%right
Also thank god he just said dante, because that was tbe worst spelling of Alighieri that I've ever heard.
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
Time traveling Deviantartists founded Egyptian civilization.
That's blue screen blue. Damn.
I loved learning about Giotto in Renaissance Art histroy class in college. His Arena Chapel Pieces are just amazing.
Great as always... But that mug really kicks ass. Excellent choice.
I'm Italian and I will say that you pronounced it good enough. We all mostly drunk and slurring anyways.
J-Ax is everywhere, even on the Fact Fiends videos! 😆
Greetings from Italy!
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.
I love this channel soo much , especially the tangents
As an Italian living in the UK I appreciate this video in so many ways hahaha
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 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 ;)
Just learned about him in my art history class, you are actually pronouncing it right. 👍good job
Jesus Christus that fucking song will hunt my dreams, È stato un incubo😂
Grande Karl, continua così!!
I can't wait for the behind the scenes on this one!
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.
as far as im concerned hes half bird, pidgiotto xD
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.
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.
Instructor makes perfect circle on chalk board. It’s on TH-cam. Uses entire arm to swing like a compass, so it’s big. Only time I’ve ever seen it.
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.
"You can never leave the furries behind, they always come in"
Looks like Karl has been through some shit
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...
I laughed my knob off on this one mate, cheers
i stopped writing my university application (due tomorrow) to watch this, good job
Karl, thank you for the song. Love it
This was an amazing episode
This might even beat the antelope
loving the cup and the tattoo
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.
Being Italian reading the description: what are J-ax and Fedez doing in a video about Giotto?!
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.
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.
I love the green in his tattoo because the whole in his arm👌
As an artist myself I couldn’t imagine drawing a perfect circle. If I ever met an artist who could draw a circle free handed I’d give that person so much respect. People have no idea how much control and skill you have to have to draw a circle perfectly.
Emily M. I would bow down in awe and respect
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.
Psst, Italian tipp here, GI is pronounced like your J
This way, if you'll talk about the florencian painter who didn't give a crap, you can annoy them with your language knoledge
God I love u 2 guys your the most real people I have ever watched on TH-cam
#SliceOfCleanPaper 😂😂😂
I was amused by how much you guys amused yourselves with your somewhat amusing jokes. #ContagiousLaughter
*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!
Aaaaaahhh yer tattoos are fk’in with the green screen! I love it!
That blue is blueming amazing you have bluen my mind
Yes, we are everywhere. Even behind you right now.
Time to flex my awesome art history degree and dangle it gloriously. If I remember correctly, he once made a painting of the Pope I believe and put it in a window so people every time they passed him by they would basically have to salute him. It’s a story one of my professors told us when we were talking about him.
On a side note I almost died on limoncello, just by hearing the word makes me feel like I’ll throw up all over my shit.
Actually is quite common when you go in vacation in another country!!! Years ago I went to Amsterdam and it was exactly the same with Amerika by Rammstein, it was everywhere
Tombstone caption
Karl Smallwood - Never left a furry behind
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
Your pronunciation of Giotto is surprisingly accurate
dude you were saying you wouldn't be able to pronounce his name but you got it pretty spot on
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'm italian, I'm proud
Name checks out
@@jackstephens7222 I guess it does
His tattoo is finally coloured in :) lookes great, but did anyone else notice part of it being green-screened?
I can't fucking wait for the uncut version of this
Brilliant video fellas
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.
it looks like you 2 had fun while making this video
5:38 in my art museum that i go to there is a canvas. a blank canvas framed on a wall