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THE VITRUVIAN MAN



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__// DATE- //__ Completed around 1940- 1942.

 __LOCATION__- Accademia Di belle Art in venice ( where it currently is), made in florence

__FIVE FACTS __

1 It was a study of the proportions of the human body.

2 It was created by Leonardo Da Vinci.

3 It was named in the honor of Vitruvius, an ancient roman architect.

4 It demonstrates that architecture applies to the formation of natural structures.

5 One of Leonardo Da Vinci’s most famous portraits.

__ SUMMARY __ The Vitruvian man was made to show the relationship between architecture and the human body. A man named Vitruvius believed that the proportions and measurements of the human body were perfect and correct, so he proposed that a properly constructed temple should reflect and relate to the parts of the human body. Leonardo Da Vinci then tested this proposal with a pen and ink drawing of a male figure whose outstretched limbs touch the circumference of a circle and the edges of a square. Many others had attempted this but Leonardo was the first to succeed.