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vitruvian man

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
vit-ru-vian -man
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A drawing of human anatomy created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1487, or a representation of it.

Etymology

Leonardo da Vinci's drawing is based and named on the correlations of ideal human proportions described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius. According to Vitruvius the human figure should be the principal source of proportion in the architecture.

Inflected Forms

the Vitruvian Man (canonical)

Questions

What does vitruvian man mean?
A drawing of human anatomy created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1487, or a representation of it.
Where does vitruvian man come from?
Leonardo da Vinci's drawing is based and named on the correlations of ideal human proportions described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius. According to Vitruvius the human figure should be the principal source of proportion in the architecture.

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