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LEONARDO da Vinci: Vitruvian Man

🖼 Vitruvian Man, 1492
Pen, ink, watercolour and metalpoint on paper
343 × 245 cm
Venice, Italy

Perfect geometric harmony: a male figure inscribed within circle and square, rendered in ink with precise anatomical proportions. Leonardo's drawing synthesizes classical ideal beauty with scientific observation, establishing the Renaissance vision of humanity as microcosm of universal order.

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