GRW3
Feb-21-2009, 10:30am
I read the article on the Vitruvian Mandolin that Scott put on the home page and found it really interesting. I would like to play one of the current line violin style build mandolins and am interested in what he will produce from the Vitruvian study. Has anybody here played any of the Cleary mandolins?
I knew the Vitruvian reference to the renaissance study of proportions driven primarily, but not solely, by. Da Vinci. Here is a note from Wikipedia:
The Vitruvian Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man)is a world-renowned drawing with accompanying notes created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1487[1] as recorded in one of his journals. It depicts a nude male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square. The drawing and text are sometimes called the Canon of Proportions or, less often, Proportions of Man. It is stored in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, Italy, but is only displayed on special occasions.[2][3]
The drawing is based on the correlations of ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius in Book III of his treatise De Architectura. The drawing is named in honour of the architect. Vitruvius described the human figure as being the principal source of proportion among the Classical orders of architecture. Other artists had attempted to depict the concept, with less success.
The drawing of the Vitruvian Man:
I knew the Vitruvian reference to the renaissance study of proportions driven primarily, but not solely, by. Da Vinci. Here is a note from Wikipedia:
The Vitruvian Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man)is a world-renowned drawing with accompanying notes created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1487[1] as recorded in one of his journals. It depicts a nude male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square. The drawing and text are sometimes called the Canon of Proportions or, less often, Proportions of Man. It is stored in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, Italy, but is only displayed on special occasions.[2][3]
The drawing is based on the correlations of ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius in Book III of his treatise De Architectura. The drawing is named in honour of the architect. Vitruvius described the human figure as being the principal source of proportion among the Classical orders of architecture. Other artists had attempted to depict the concept, with less success.
The drawing of the Vitruvian Man: