Vitruvian, Man!
Vitruvian Man, Italian: L'uomo vitruviano depicts a nude man in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and inscribed in both a circle and square. It was described by the art historian Carmen C. Bambach as "justly ranked among the all-time iconic images of Western civilization". The drawing represents Leonardo's conception of ideal body proportions, originally derived from Vitruvius but influenced by his own measurements, the drawings of his contemporaries, and the De pictura treatise by Leon Battista Alberti, the work is a unique synthesis of artistic and scientific ideals and often considered an archetypal representation of the High Renaissance. The drawing is described by Leonardo's notes as Le proporzioni del corpo umano secondo Vitruvio, variously translated as The Proportions of the Human Figure after Vitruvius, or Proportional Study of a Man in the Manner of Vitruvius. Completato 1490
The foot is one-seventh of the man.
The distances from the chin to the nose and the hairline and the eyebrows are equal to the ears and one-third of the face.
The length of the outspread arms is equal to the height of the man. The virile member is at the half height of the man.
The text above the image reads:
Vetruvio, architecto, mecte nella sua op(er)a d'architectura, chelle misure dell'omo sono dalla natura disstribuite inquessto modo cioè che 4 diti fa 1 palmo, et 4 palmi fa 1 pie, 6 palmi fa un chubito, 4 cubiti fa 1 homo, he 4 chubiti fa 1 passo, he 24 palmi fa 1 homo ecqueste misure son ne' sua edifiti. Settu ap(r)i ta(n)to le ga(m)be chettu chali da chapo 1/14 di tua altez(z)a e ap(r)i e alza tanto le b(r)acia che cholle lunge dita tu tochi la linia della somita del chapo, sappi che 'l cie(n)tro delle stremita delle ap(er)te me(m)bra fia il bellicho. Ello spatio chessi truova infralle ga(m)be fia tria(n)golo equilatero
Although many have tried, there is only one Vitruvian Man.
Leonardo's version of the Vitruvian Man corrected inaccuracies in Vitruvius's account, with corrected head, outstretched naval-centric.
What Da Vinci depicted on paper, Michelangelo set into stone.
David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture, created 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo at 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in) in height.
Male Sketch Torso [Spoiler (click to open)]. - Manikin in the corner of my art studio
.Perdido
dr. π (pi)
.
The foot is one-seventh of the man.
The distances from the chin to the nose and the hairline and the eyebrows are equal to the ears and one-third of the face.
The length of the outspread arms is equal to the height of the man. The virile member is at the half height of the man.
The text above the image reads:
Vetruvio, architecto, mecte nella sua op(er)a d'architectura, chelle misure dell'omo sono dalla natura disstribuite inquessto modo cioè che 4 diti fa 1 palmo, et 4 palmi fa 1 pie, 6 palmi fa un chubito, 4 cubiti fa 1 homo, he 4 chubiti fa 1 passo, he 24 palmi fa 1 homo ecqueste misure son ne' sua edifiti. Settu ap(r)i ta(n)to le ga(m)be chettu chali da chapo 1/14 di tua altez(z)a e ap(r)i e alza tanto le b(r)acia che cholle lunge dita tu tochi la linia della somita del chapo, sappi che 'l cie(n)tro delle stremita delle ap(er)te me(m)bra fia il bellicho. Ello spatio chessi truova infralle ga(m)be fia tria(n)golo equilatero
Although many have tried, there is only one Vitruvian Man.
Leonardo's version of the Vitruvian Man corrected inaccuracies in Vitruvius's account, with corrected head, outstretched naval-centric.
What Da Vinci depicted on paper, Michelangelo set into stone.
David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture, created 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo at 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in) in height.
Male Sketch Torso [Spoiler (click to open)]. - Manikin in the corner of my art studio
.Perdido
dr. π (pi)
.