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Jaron Bernstein
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Da Vinci

Postby Jaron Bernstein » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:59 pm

I heard somewhere that Leonardo Da Vinci's famous vitruvian man drawing is actually a sword diagram for showing the 4 divisions or the segno. I was wondering if anyone could substantiate or refute this with a reference.
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Re: Da Vinci

Postby John_Clements » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:10 pm

No, I had pointed out that his center stance is the same as a sword stance, and that the original Vitruvius was concerned with relationships between human proportions, as some fencers of the Renaissance were.

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Re: Da Vinci

Postby Jaron Bernstein » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:19 pm

My bad.
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