Revisiting Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man Using Contemporary Measurements

JAMA. 2020 Jun 9;323(22):2342-2343. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.3501.

Abstract

This study uses 3D body scanner measurements of US Air Force recruits to compare ideal body proportions represented by Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man with contemporary body proportions in young adult men and women.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anatomy, Artistic* / history
  • Body Height*
  • Extremities / anatomy & histology*
  • Female
  • History, 15th Century
  • Human Body*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Young Adult

Personal name as subject

  • Leonardo da Vinci