Print of Leonardo da Vinci - Vitruvian Man - 1490
Leonardo da Vinci - Vitruvian Man
Year: 1490 - pen and ink on paper 24.5x34.4 cm
Preserved at: Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy.
Vitruvian Man is the famous drawing by Leonardo da Vinci with which the Renaissance genius wanted to represent the ideal proportions of the human body, harmoniously inscribed in the two "perfect" figures: the circle, which symbolizes Heaven, divine perfection, and the square, symbolizing the Earth and the earthly, human world.