Leonardo da Vinci was an italian mathematician, engineer, inventor, botonist, sculptor, architect, and artist, among other things, and is regarded as the personification of the term renaissance man. Considered one of the greatest painters in history, some of his famous works include The Last Supper and The Mona Lisa. He invented technology far too advanced for its time, advanced science in the fields of anatomy, optics, and engineering, and was one of the most talented men to ever walk the earth. Da Vinci was born in 1452 and died in 1519.
The Vitruvian Man, a drawing by Da Vinci using paper and ink, depicts a man set twice upon himself, enclosed in a circle. It is also called the Canon of Proportions because the notes around the drawing detail the perfect proportions of man and the symmetry of the human body. It is believed to be a symbol for the universe as a whole. The drawing is kept at the Gallarie de' Accadamia in Venice, Italy.
The Vitruvian Man is so famous and such an well known icon that it appears on the 1 Euro coin all over Europe.
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