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| The Vitruvian Man |
This is a world renowned drawing created by the great Leonardo Da Vinci, it is called the Vitruvian Man, as its based on the notes of body proportions created by the famous architect named Vitruvius.
Drawn in 1847 by Da Vinci using pen and ink with washover metal point on a 34.4cm long paper which has 25.5 cm width.
Whats interesting about this man?
-The interesting thing about it is that it shows that our human body is made in proportions.Or in simpler terms, says that the parts in our body were made in relations to one another.
For example:
1)The size of your foot = Length of forearm (from elbow to where your palm starts)
This really helps especialy if you're buying a shoe,place the shoe on your forearm to know whether its the right size for you....awesome rite?
2) The size of foot x 6 = Your height
Isn't much easier to know your height this way?
3)Or even better, open your ams wide.......done?......and now thats how tall you are :)
4) Wanna know how long your nose is?.........Try giving a thumbs up.....yup,it is as long as your thumb..
There are plenty more proportions including the Golden Ratio, which is also known as Phi,but lets leave that for another day.
The Vitruvian Man is really a piece of extraordinary art by Da Vinci but credit goes to the man behind the idea of body proportions by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius in his book (Book III of his treatise De Architectura.)
The symbol of Vitruvian is world famous and is even on the italian 1 Euro coins.
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| Italian 1 Euro coin |
To Da Vinci and Vitruvius, seriously man....... hats off!
