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the Vitruvian Man

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what do you know about the Vitruvian Man?

the da vinci’s drawings is not famous just because of the artwork, but it hold secrets.

The side of the square is 4 cubits or 24 palms as can also be measured on the ruler beneath the square, and deduced from the Vitruvius’ text. The diagonal of such a square comes close to 34 palms (33.94… exactly). If we rotate the square around Phallos for 45 degrees we get the upper point of the circle, and from this we can calculate the diameter of the circle as 29 palms (the difference between the square and the circle is 5 palms).

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