De architectura
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De architectura is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect and military engineer Vitruvius and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus, as a guide for building projects.
A 1521 Italian language edition of De architectura, translated and illustrated by Cesare Cesariano
Manuscript of Vitruvius; parchment dating from about 1390
Greek house plan after Vitruvius
The Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct in southern France
Vitruvian Man
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Vitruvian Man is a drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1490. Inspired by the Roman architect Vitruvius, it depicts a nude man in two overlapping stan
De architectura
…Vitruvius also studied human proportions (Book III) and this part of his canones were later adopted and adapted in the famous drawing Homo Vitruvianus ("Vitruvian Man") by Leonardo da Vinci. While Vitruvius is fulsome in his descriptions of religious buildings, infrastructure and machinery, he gives a mixed message…
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A Vitruvian Man depiction in the edition of De Architectura by Vitruvius; illustrated edition by Cesare Cesariano, 1521
One of Francesco di Giorgio Martini's three attempts at creating the ideal "Vitruvian Man"
A "Vitruvian Man" prototype by Giacomo Andrea, 1490