A long-standing icon of human proportion and artistic ingenuity is being re-examined by mathematicians and scientists who see new layers of meaning in its geometric foundations. The figure in question, Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian man, has fascinated scholars for centuries, bridging art, anatomy and mathematical harmony.
In the latest wave of research, experts are proposing that the figure reflects precise numerical relationships embedded in its design – relationships that could illuminate the ways Renaissance thinkers combined science and aesthetics.
