da Vinci Relating to Geometry Site?

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<p>Can anyone direct me to a site about Leonardo da Vinci relating to geometry, or a site with some sort of database of famous mathmaticians where da Vinci could possibly be on that list?</p>

<p>I’m doing a geometry project on da Vinci, and I need to find information, but most of what I am finding is his contributions to art, inventions, and anatomy, which I know all have involvement in geometry, but I can’t find anything that addresses the geometry of da Vinci.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>I did a presentation on da Vinci for my art history class, the best example of what I can think relating da Vinci and geometry is the Vitruvian man…he basically makes a human form fit in both a square and a circle, and it was a big problem back in the other day. Other artists tried to do it, but all their human forms looked out of proportion. Only da Vinci’s actually looked like a human. A lot of his work involving the proportions of the human body can probably be applied to geometry. I’d just do a google search like, “da Vinci and geometry of human form” or something.</p>

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<p>Thanks. I was thinking of using the Vitruvian Man with the Square and the Circle, along with Mona Lisa for the Divine Proportion, and possibly another work of art like the Last Supper. I think I can probably find some of his work on perspective, along with his inventions.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://library.thinkquest.org/27890/applications6.html[/url]”>http://library.thinkquest.org/27890/applications6.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.atrise.com/golden-section/golden-section.html[/url]”>http://www.atrise.com/golden-section/golden-section.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Da Vinci + Fibonacci</p>