Apr 21, 2016
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Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man has evolved over the last five centuries from a thoughtful sketch into the picture of health. But the history behind this sketch is as curious as its image is omnipresent.
1. LEONARDO NEVER INTENDED FOR VITRUVIAN MAN TO BE DISPLAYED.
The sketch was discovered in one of the High Renaissance master's personal notebooks. The study was simply for the artist's own edification, and when he completed it around 1490, he likely never expected it would be admired. Yet today Vitruvian Man is iconic and among the artist's best known works, along with The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.
Source: http://mentalfloss.com/
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