Divina proportione
Medium
Book with woodcut illustrations
Dimensions
11 5/8 x 8 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (29.6 x 21 x 3.1 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession Number
19.50
About the Artist
Leonardo da Vinci|Fra Luca Pacioli|Paganinus de Paganinus · 1452–1519
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) stands as the quintessential Renaissance polymath, whose genius spanned painting, sculpture, architecture, science, mathematics, engineering, anatomy, geology, cartography, botany, and writing. Born in Vinci, Italy, as the illegitimate son of a notary, Leonardo received limited formal education but demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent from an early age. His appr...