The Logos of Architecture and Its Opponents by E. Michael Jones

Author:E. Michael Jones
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw
Publisher: Fidelity Press
Published: 2012-07-30T07:00:00+00:00

Vitruvius's analysis of the proportions of the human body led to Leonardo Da Vinci's famous drawing, showing how the circle and square are derived from those proportions:

If a person lies flat with hands and feet extended, the fingers and toes of each hand and foot would touch the circumference of a circle described by placing a pair of compasses centered on the navel. Just as the human body yields the circular outline, a square figure can also be found from it. If we measure the distance from the soles of the feet to the top of the head, and apply that measure to the outstretched arms, the breadth will be the same as the height—as in the case of plane surfaces that are perfectly square.

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