leonardo da vinci presentation homework - math

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Leonardo Da Vinci Math Homework

By Tamanna Sachdev 9C


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What is the Vitruvian Man?!Leonardo Da Vinci believed that the sketch of the Vitruvian showed the proportions of the

human body. Each separate body part was a part of the whole. For example, the head

measured from the forehead to the chin was exactly one tenth of the total height, and the

outstretched arms were always as wide as the body was tall. Leonardo Da Vinci had not

created these ideas. However, he got inspiration and information from different writings of the

Roman architect Vitruvius. These two men believed that the principals of the sketch should be

considered during the process of creating buildings. Leonardo wanted to take his idea to

another step, he spent most of his life trying to find out connections between the human body

model and other patterns related to nature. He noted that Man is the model of the world. A

negative impact that the Vitruvian man created on Da Vincis theory wassquaring the circle.

This part includes drawing a circle and square which contain the same area without any form

of calculations. People protest that the diagram presents that Da Vinci had a deeperunderstanding of the situation, which other experts were not able to improve until future

generations.


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Our TaskIntroduction:

In this task we have created our own version of the

Vitruvian

man to relate and compare

Vitruvius's

theory and

proportions with my model. In this t

ask we measured the

fractions and ratios of our

Vitruvian

person to compare them

to the

Vitruvian

drawing to compare and conclude weather

our fraction

s and ratios are similar to the theory. For

example, we viewed and measured the mans arm span and

the mans

height and it was a positive calculation. This can

help us

compare human proportions in the 1500s to the

present day.

To see more view this website:

http://galileo.org/tips/davinci/vitruviantask.html


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My Version of Vitruvian Man Model

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Are your fractions/ratios similar

to Vitruvius?

My vers ion o f the Vi t ruv ian man most ly

contains di f ferent propo rt ions and rat ios to

Leonardo Da Vincis Vitruvian man. However,

my rat ios and propor t ions are very sim i lar toeach other and very c lose to the correct

solut ion.


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If you have fractions/ratios that are NOT similar to

Vitruvius, why do you think they are different?

The ratios are not similar to each other as they are not

fixed with a constant number, they keep on changing. For

example 4.8 and 4.26 are not similar ratios which would

conclude that they would not equal to a proper

fraction. Also my version of the Vitruvian man was a

small model. In the actual Vitruvian sketch they used a

man who was more elderly and tall.


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If you have fractions/ratios that are SIMILAR to Vitruvius, what does that tell us

about human bodies now compared to human bodies in the 1500s? What if

they are not not similar?

A severe change can be seen in the bodies of the 1500s and the bodies today. We are open to

more opportunities and to getting tasks done through machines and not using the mentalpart of our brains today. However, in the 1500s people had to do everything physically and

they had to take more action as in that time machines were not invented. The Vitruvius

sketch and my own version of the sketch can compare the bodies of the 1500s to today as in

our time my partners body might have changed to be less physical and the food we can

access is also very different to the food we were able to eat in the 1500. In the 1500 people

were more nutritious and they had not much variety on meat as they had to grow their owncrops to make food. However, in this era people now have so much variety in food which can

affect our health. These are just a few reasons on why the comparison between bodies in the

1500 and bodies in this era with the help of the Vitruvian man.

Machines

Crops Meat


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What did you learn about fractions/ratios and the human

body?Throughout the task of the Vitruvian man I learnt many new ideas and

information that has helped me develop my thinking about the Vitruvian

man and how it affects human bodies. I also learnt that Leonardo Da Vincis

theory was proved to be correct in some stages as different bodies have

different structures and angles. However, in my version with my partner we

were not able to prove that his theory was correct in our case. I also learnt

the reason on why it might have not been correct with the help of the

1500s bodies question. I learnt that in some cases it can be true and provedas positive. I also learnt on how the Vitruvian man is related to the golden

ratio which Leonardo Da Vinci discovered and as the golden ratio applies to

not only mathematical situations but also art, architecture, music and

nature. In this case the Vitruvian man sketches and calculations should be

considered to be used in other situations and not only mathematics.


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Table Of Results 1


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Table Of Results 2


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TAMANNA

SACHDEV9C

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