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  • ...y to architecture, engineering and typography. In architecture Dürer cites Vitruvius but elaborates his own classical designs and columns. In typography, Dürer ...n fractions of the total height. Dürer based these constructions on both [[Vitruvius]] and empirical observations of, "two to three hundred living persons",<ref
    56 KB (8,410 words) - 03:40, 19 October 2023
  • ...n of how the circle relates geometrically to the ideal body size, based on Vitruvius, and notes about how the lines and crossing points of the circle will be us
    29 KB (4,376 words) - 21:26, 20 October 2023
  • ...times. This principle is particularly shown in Book Ⅲ by Vitruvius.<ref>Of Vitruvius’ Ten Books on Architecture. [This same book is referenced in Thibault] [n ...n stature, and others are smaller. Each man should understand his stature, Vitruvius says that the foot is the sixth part of the stature of the human.</p>
    299 KB (50,043 words) - 00:45, 29 March 2024
  • ...undred cubits of the Ark. As much as I do not wish to rest so precisely on Vitruvius' authority and accept his geometrical figure of six feet length; it is enou
    896 KB (162,560 words) - 20:00, 26 January 2024