Leonardo da Vinci - Vitruvian Man

The Vitruvian man is a drawing created by da Vinci in 1490, the piece of work, which is, pen and ink, shows a man fitting his body into a square and a circle by changing the way his limbs are positioned. The image is based on one of the ten books on architecture written by Vitruvius, who was a Roman architect. In the book, which is on the proportions of temples, Vitruvius wrote “that the buildings should be based on the proportions of man, because the human body is the model of perfection, this is shown by the body, with its arms and legs extended fits into the perfect geometric forms, the circle and the square.”Many artists over time have tried to create a piece of art work based on this theory but not many have been able to create an outcome that has been largely successful as da Vinci’s, I decided to look at this piece of work for my life drawing references, the reason that I chose this image to look at was that it is one of my favourite drawings by da Vinci and I think that it is one of the best pieces of work that shows the proportions of the body. 

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