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THE GOLDEN RATIO
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The Vitruvian Man is a drawing created by Leonardo da Vinci circa 1487 It is accompanied by notes based on the work of the architect Vitruvius. The drawing, which is in pen and ink on paper, depicts a male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square. The drawing and text are sometimes called the Canon of Proportions or, less often, Proportions of Man. It is stored in the Gallerie dell' Accademia in Venice, Italy, and, like most works on paper, is displayed only occasionally.
Leonardo's famous study of the proportions of man, "The Vetruvian Man" (The Man in Action), is also full of Golden Rectangles. Unlike the Mona Lisa, where all the lines of the Golden Rectangle are assumed by the mathematician, in "The Vetruvian Man", many of the lines of the rectangles are actually drawn into the image, at least in part. There are three distinct sets of Golden Rectangles in this painting: one set for the head area, one for the torso, and one for the legs.