Design Intention of Scientific Elements in Vitruvian Man

Abstract

These great works of art, produced during the Renaissance, in this day and age, has never failed to arouse huge debates among people. In order to create more satisfying fine artworks, some artists started to research science and left abundant related remains. As one representative artist, Leonardo da Vinci did many experiments or drew sketches that had relationships with science. Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most representative and influential artists of the Renaissance who had the most extensive knowledge base. He was not only a painter, cartographer, inventor, anatomist, but also a musician and philosopher. His achievements in anatomy were far greater than his achievements in engineering, invention and architecture. The precise sketch of the human body and related notes were stricter and more accurate than previous achievements in this regard, especially Vitruvian Man which represented the perfect human body. After the publication of the Vitruvian man, the exquisite proportion and harmony displayed have been well-liked by the world and passed down from each generation. Not only that, Vitruvian Man has also become one source of inspiration for modern artists and writers. By clearly analyzing this painting through anatomy and geometry, more conclusions could be derived. Vitruvian man points out the meaning of the figure itself is often used as the hidden symbol of the basic symmetrical characteristic of the human body’s structure, and then as the hidden symbol of the whole universe.