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The Virtruvian Man, Leornado Da Vinci, circa 1487

1) there are two kind of posture with two kind of shapes:
 - Legs still, hands stretch out are within the square.
 - Legs strech out, hands open upwards are within the circle.

2) Human scale is well divide.
  -the body structure is equally divided
  -the length of the feet and hands while stretching are fit and same with the radius of the circle.
   Meanwhile, the length of each foot and hand while in the still position are equally divided and fit
   to the square.

3) Compare to proportion, the human's posture within the circle is more equally divided compare to the other the human's posture.

4) Mostly organic line can be found on the artwork expect the shapes are geometric line.

In conclusion, the artwork might be description a golden mean or perfect scale of the human proportion and structure of a human.


Ng Cheng Ghee
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