The drawing is described by Leonardo's notes as Le proporzioni del corpo umano secondo Vitruvio, variously translated as … 展开

The drawing was executed primarily with pen and light-brown ink, while there are traces of brown wash (watercolor). The paper measures 34.4 cm × 25.5 cm (13.5 in × 10.0 in), larger than most of Leonardo's folio manuscript … 展开

The moderately successful architect and engineer Vitruvius lived from c. 80 – c. 20 BCE, primarily in the Roman Republic. He is best known for authoring De architectura (On Architecture), later called the Ten Books on Archite… 展开

The Vitruvian Man is often considered an archetypal representative of the High Renaissance, just as Leonardo himself came to represent the archetypal 'Renaissance man'. It holds a unique distinction in alig… 展开