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| image_file = Da_Vinci_Vitruve_Luc_Viatour.jpg
| title = Vitruvian Man
| artist = Leonardo da Vinci
| year = c. 1490
| type = Pen and ink with wash over metalpoint<br/> on paper
| height_metric = 34.4
| width_metric = 25.5
| italic title = no
}}
The '''Vitruvian Man''' is a [[drawing]] made by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] in about 1490.<ref>The Secret Language of the Renaissance - Richard Stemp</ref> Around the drawing are notes based on the work of the [[architect]] [[Vitruvius]].
The drawing is done in [[pen]] and [[ink]] on [[paper]]. It is of a male figure standing in two positions, that are [[Superimposition|superimposed]] (drawn over the top of each other). The figure's arms and legs are drawn in two different positions, while the rest of the body stays in one position. The figure is drawn standing inside both a circle and a square.
The drawing and text are sometimes called the '''Canon of Proportions''' or, less often, '''Proportions of Man'''. It is stored in the [[Gallerie dell'Accademia]] in [[Venice]], Italy. It is displayed only occasionally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leonardodavinci.stanford.edu/submissions/clabaugh/history/leonardo.html |title=The Vitruvian man |publisher=Stanford University|date= |accessdate=20 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://witcombe.sbc.edu/davincicode/leonardo-vitruvian-man.html |title=Da Vinci's Code |publisher=Witcombe.sbc.edu |date= |accessdate=20 August 2010}}</ref>
The drawing is based on the ideal [[proportions]] of a man's [[Physique|body]], and how this relates to [[geometry]]. This relationship was described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius in Book III of his treatise ''[[De architectura]]''. Vitruvius wrote the human figure was the main source of proportion among the [[Classical antiquity|Classical]] orders of architecture. He wrote that the ideal body should be eight heads tall. Da Vinci's drawing is traditionally named in honour of the architect.
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{{Infobox painting
| image_file = Da_Vinci_Vitruve_Luc_Viatour.jpg
| title = Vitruvian Man
| artist = Leonardo da Vinci
| year = c. 1490
| type = Pen and ink with wash over metalpoint<br/> on paper
| height_metric = 34.4
| width_metric = 25.5
| italic title = no
}}
The '''Vitruvian Man''' is a [[drawing]] made by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] in about 1490.<ref>The Secret Language of the Renaissance - Richard Stemp</ref> Around the drawing are notes based on the work of the [[architect]] [[Vitruvius]].
The drawing is done in [[pen]] and [[ink]] on [[paper]]. It is of a male figure standing in two positions, that are [[Superimposition|superimposed]] (drawn over the top of each other). The figure's arms and legs are drawn in two different positions, while the rest of the body stays in one position. The figure is drawn standing inside both a circle and a square.
The drawing and text are sometimes called the '''Canon of Proportions''' or, less often, '''Proportions of Man'''. It is stored in the [[Gallerie dell'Accademia]] in [[Venice]], Italy. It is displayed only occasionally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leonardodavinci.stanford.edu/submissions/clabaugh/history/leonardo.html |title=The Vitruvian man |publisher=Stanford University|date= |accessdate=20 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://witcombe.sbc.edu/davincicode/leonardo-vitruvian-man.html |title=Da Vinci's Code |publisher=Witcombe.sbc.edu |date= |accessdate=20 August 2010}}</ref>
The drawing is based on the ideal [[proportions]] of a man's [[Physique|body]], and how this relates to [[geometry]]. This relationship was described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius in Book III of his treatise ''[[De architectura]]''. Vitruvius wrote the human figure was the main source of proportion among the [[Classical antiquity|Classical]] orders of architecture. He wrote that the ideal body should be eight heads tall. Da Vinci's drawing is traditionally named in honour of the architect.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:1490]]
[[Category:Creative works]]
[[Category:Geometry]]
{{math-stub}}