This artist drew a pair of intertwined spiral rings to draw a study of an octagonal hat that resembles a torus.
This artist drew a pair of intertwined spiral rings to draw a study of an octagonal hat that resembles a torus. This illustrator often drew a "vacuus," or "empty" version of an object before following up with their "solidus" or "solid" counterparts in a group of works that illustrates the Platonic solids as elements, which culminates with a depiction of a 72-sided polyhedron. A manuscript discovered in 2006 called On the Game of Chess is thought to contain illustrations of chess pieces by this artist, since his mentor Luca Pacioli is the author of that work. Many of this artist's illustrations are collected in the Codex Arundel and the Codex Atlanticus, and scholars think that this man's portrait of a man drawn in red chalk is a self-portrait. This artist drew many pictures of tendons and muscles while studying under Andrea del Verrocchio. For 10 points, name this Italian artist of The Virgin of the Rocks whose notebooks contain text written in mirror script.
This artist drew a pair of intertwined spiral rings to draw a study of an octagonal hat that resembles a torus.
Leonardo da Vinci [accept either underlined answer]