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a look at the past

While most people would only recognize and attribute the concept of the perfectly proportioned man to Leonardo, the concept of the Vitruvian Man was born about 1500 years before Leonardo's birth.

The following pages look at the origins of the Vitruvian man, its original intent and purpose, as well as sketches of the Vitruvian man from different sources.