the vitruvian man

The Vitruvian Man is a drawing in pencil and ink on paper (34x24 cm) by Leonardo da Vinci, dated 1490 and preserved in the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints of the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. Famous representation of the ideal proportions of the human body, demonstrates how it can be harmoniously inscribed in the two figures "perfect" circle and square. Proportions mean that the body has not to have parts to large or to small.

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