Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci (project 2)

So we ran into ridiculous difficulties making this video, such as the neighbor's lawn mower. Don't even ask my husband about the times he spent double digit hours editing it, just to have it disappear or not open or revert or any of the other horrible things that haunt his dreams. But I think it's worth it! This project is a really cool combination of art and math, proportion and fractions, beauty and calculations. I love it when subjects naturally cross over and I especially love it when I get the chance to show how cool and difficult art is and how it's completely connected to every other subject. Here are a list of the proportions Leonardo recorded, as mentioned in the video:

1. Arm span = Height

2. Head x 8 = Height

3. Forearm x 4 = Height

4. Foot x 6 = Height

5. Shoulders x 4 = Height

6. Hand x 10 = Height

Extras:
1/3 Face = Chin to Nostrils = Nostrils to Eyebrows = Eyebrows to Hairline = Ear
Palm = Width of 4 Fingers
Foot = Width of 4 Palms
Height = 24 Palms
Elbow to Armpit = 1/8 Height
Bottom of Neck to Hairline = 1/6 Height
Middle of Chest to top of Head = 1/4 Height
Palm Width (NOT hand) = 1/24 Height
So without further ado, here's the video friends:

And you know how I said if you make somebody's head too big, they'll resemble an alien or a baby? The opposite is true as well. If you make a baby's head too small in comparison to it's body, they'll look like a creepy, little adult that has some sort of Benjamin Button thing going on. Just ask Giotto, who painted this Madonna and Child about 150 years before Leonardo was painting Virgin of the Rocks:

For more history about the namesake of the Vitruvian Man, click here.

Should Leonardo not be getting all the credit for his Vitruvian Man? Was it a result of collaboration or worse, copying? See what the Smithsonian has to say here.
For more in-depth conversation about the mathematical measurements, click here.
For an interesting video by James Earle (unfortunately not James Earle Jones) about the Vitruvian Man's place in the universe, click here.