Sacred Geometry - Man and the Cross Copyright 2013 by A. Sokolowski Note: This is Part 2 of our original post Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci In this article we show unexpected discovery: proportions of the human body can be generated by an "unfolded" cube.This method provides incredibly close approximation of the circle and the square enclosing human figure of the … [Read more...]
Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci
Vitruvian Man Introduction The Vitruvian Man is a world-renowned drawing created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1487. It is accompanied by notes based on the work of Vitruvius. The drawing, which is in pen and ink on paper, depicts a nude male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square. The … [Read more...]
The Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin is reputedly Christ's burial cloth. It has been a religious relic since the Middle Ages. To believers it was divine proof the Christ was resurrected from the grave, to doubters it was evidence of human gullibility and one of the greatest hoaxes in the history of art. No one has been able to prove that it is … [Read more...]