London dentist discovers hidden detail in Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
This triangle, found between the man's legs, matches Bonwill's triangle, a modern anatomical concept explaining efficient human jaw mechanics.
The discovery, published in the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, suggests da Vinci understood ideal human body design centuries before modern science.
The triangle's presence helps create a 1.64 ratio between the square and circle in the artwork, closely mirroring a natural 'blueprint number' of 1.633.
This finding indicates 'Vitruvian Man' is a scientific work demonstrating a universal rule of design, linking human anatomy to the mathematical elegance found in nature.
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