Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci Postcard

This drawing is “Vitruvian Man” by Italian Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). He best represents the humanism of the Renaissance. The drawing is named in honour of the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius. Vitruvius wrote that the human form was the source of proportions in classical architecture. The drawing shows a man inscribed in a circle with arms and legs spread out. Superimposed is the same man legs together and arms straight out inscribed in a square. “Vitruvian Man” is sometimes called “Proportions of Man” or “Canon of Proportions”. It is Men in Art Series no. 152.