Hello. Today I'm going to blog about Leonardo da Vinci. which means Leonardo of Vinci WHICH IS A CITY IN ITALY!. I'm going to use a numbered list for the facts about him.
- Leonardo knew math was essential for paintings, and he used the golden ratio to develop the Canon of Proportions which included the Vitruvian man drawing. The ratio is 1:1.618.
- Da Vinci devloped a wide variety of compasses including the ellispograph.
- He studied arches and how to keep them from collapsing. He used this knowledge to design buildings for the Duke of Milan.
- Leonardo drew polyhedrals which illustrate Luca Paciolis' book The Divine Proportion.
- He studied hard on the mathematics of flight and made a drawing of a flying machine.
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