De architectura by Vitruvius Pollio and Sextus Julius Frontinus, Florence, 1522. Marcus Vi
De architectura by Vitruvius Pollio and Sextus Julius Frontinus, Florence, 1522. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (born c. 80–70 BC, died after c. 15 BC), commonly known as Vitruvius was a Roman author, architect, civil engineer and military engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work entitled De architectura. His discussion of perfect proportion in architecture and the human body led to Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man.Question about that last image: Censorship or coincidence? -- source link
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