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myrmepropagandist @futurebird@sauropods.win

5/8/2025, 9:56:52 AM

Public

I'm thinking of doing a little slideshow exploring the (geometric)compass and the lesser known divider in art history.

What are some paintings/drawings/engravings you like (or find hilarious) where someone is holding one of these instruments?

"Melencolia I" from 1514 by Albrecht Dürer features an angel who reminds me of my students, she had about enough of geometry puzzles. She's holding a divider which is used more often in woodworking and cartography than geometry.

Melencolia I, a fine very detailed black and white engraving. There is a magic square, hourglass, sphere, skinny sleeping dog, bell, scales, saw and wood plane, rainbow, ladder, and many other objects related to geometry, woodworking and puzzles.

myrmepropagandist @futurebird@sauropods.win

5/8/2025, 10:04:53 AM

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I have to ask because searching for things like "holding drafting compass portrait" give results littered with garbage like this.

More than half of image search results are AI generated and they are *so* bad. Even if I wanted a magnetic compass he's not even holding it!

A AI generated image of a boy with freckles in pretty sunlight his body is merging into a tree trunk. A magnetic compass floats above his hand which seems oddly truncated.

The colors and textures are pretty but the overall impact is uncomfortable.

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