Vitruvian Man

English

The Vitruvian Man drawing.

Etymology

Leonardo da Vinci's drawing is based and named on the correlations of ideal human proportions described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius. According to Vitruvius the human figure should be the principal source of proportion in the architecture.

Proper noun

the Vitruvian Man

1. A drawing of human anatomy created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1487, or a representation of it.

Translations

the drawing by Leonardo

• Finnish: Vitruviuksen mies
• French: l’homme de Vitruve (fr) m
• German: der vitruvianische Mensch m
• Russian: Витрувиа́нский челове́к m (Vitruviánskij čelovék)

Further reading

• Vitruvian Man on Wikipedia.Wikipedia