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Leonardo da Vinci’s drawing of the Vitruvian Man (c. 1847).

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man is based on the relationship between ‘ideal’ human proportions and geometry as described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius.

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