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

DOI10.1007/S00004-015-0247-7MaRDI QIDQ895571zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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

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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