Inspired by the famousVitruvian Manfrom Leonardo da Vinci![]()
The Vitruvian Man is a drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1490. Inspired by the writings of the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, the drawing depicts a nude man in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and inscribed in both a circle and square. It was described by the art historian Carmen C. Bambach as "justly ranked among the all-time iconic images of Western civilization". Although not the only known drawing of a man inspired by the writings of Vitruvius, the work is a unique synthesis of artistic and scientific ideals and often considered an archetypal representation of the High Renaissance.
The Vitruvian Buli is a drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1490.
Inspired by the writings by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, the drawing depicts a buli in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and inscribed in both a circle and square (or almost, as Buli's anatomy didn't really perfectly fit inside them...)