Dentist solves centuries -old puzzle, hidden in Leonardo da Vinci’s famous “Man of Vitruvio”

A London dentist revealed a hidden detail in the famous design of Leonardo da Vinci, the “man of Vitruvius”, bringing to light a special number that connects the iconic work with the human body and nature. The discovery, described in the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, shows how the legendary Italian Polymis perfectly placed the form of Vitruvius’s man in a circle and a square. An equilateral triangle “hidden in front of our eyes” in Leonardo’s notes could be an element of the method of construction it used, which formed the basis for choosing proportions in the design, according to Rory Mac Sweeney, a dentist and writer of the study. “The triangle can be detected between man’s legs in the work and” is not just a random shape, “says Dr. Sweeney. This figure corresponds to a well -known modern anatomical feature, the so -called “Bonwill triangle”, which explains how they work […]
Source: News Beast

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