18 in tall, 12 in long, 1 in deep
Cold Cast Resin
Great For Skull Lovers
Vitruvian Man was one of the most revered descriptions of a human composition in the Renaissance. It was made as a study of the proportions of the (male) human body as described in a treatise by the Ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, who wrote that in the human body: a palm is the width of four fingers, a foot is the width of four palms, a cubit is the width of six palms, a man`s height is four cubits (and thus 24 palms), a pace is four cubits, the length of a man`s outspread arms is equal to his height, the distance from the hairline to the bottom of the chin is one-tenth of a man`s height, the distance from the top of the head to the bottom of the chin is 1/8 of a man`s height, the maximum width of the shoulders is 1/4 of a man`s height, the distance from the elbow to the tip of the hand is 1/5 of a man`s height, the distance from the elbow to the armpit is 1/8 of a man`s height, the length of the hand is 1/10 of a man`s height, the distance from the bottom of the chin to the nose is 1/3 of the length of the head, the distance from the hairline to the eyebrows is 1/3 of the length of the face, and the length of the ear is 1/3 of the length of the face. Made of cold cast resin, this wall plaque rendering of Vitruvian Man switches out the man`s body for a skeleton. It has the look of marble, and shows incredible detail. Measuring 18 3/8 inches tall, 12 1/2 inches wide and 1 inch deep, the plaque adds a touch of the macabre to any wall. It makes a great gift for friends and family.