by Marie Curie 
Da Vinci Notes 07: The Vitruvian Man and the Measure of the Body
Vitruvius gave the circle and the square one centre. I gave the circle the navel and the square the groin, measured living men, and made the foot a seventh.
Leonardo's Vitruvian Man: the circle on the navel, the square on the groin, the text on the sheet translated, and the measures he took from living men.
Leonardo da Vinci
November 8, 2026
31 min