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Vitruvian

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Vitruvian [vɪˈtruːvɪən]
adj
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) of or relating to Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, the 1st century bc Roman architect


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Regardless of the fact that both the use of Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man on the cover of the exhibition's catalogue and invitation, as well as titling it in Latin was somewhat irrelevant, the work on display was indoubtfully solid.
Bass said she balanced and "humanized" the scroll and shield by using Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, in which a man's limbs form a circle.
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