Leonardo's Vitruvian man drawing: a new interpretation looking at Leonardo's geometric constructions

DOI10.1007/S00004-015-0247-7zbMATH Open1326.00034OpenAlexW1971894547MaRDI QIDQ895571FDOQ895571

Authors: Vitor Murtinho 

Publication date: 4 December 2015

Published in: Nexus Network Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-015-0247-7

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zbMATH Keywords

proportionLeonardo da VinciVitruvian mangolden numbervesica piscis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematics and visual arts (00A66) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

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• Squaring the circle: Marriage of heaven and earth
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