When artist John Horne talks about teaching drawing, he rarely starts with technique. He starts with people. Over the years, ...

For artists, few objects are as challenging to capture as the human form. To render the figure on canvas or paper requires mastery of contouring, shading, perspective, proportion and countless other ...

Some five hundred years ago, Leonardo da Vinci sketched what he believed was the perfectly proportioned male body. Now, scientists have compared the 'Vitruvian Man' with nearly 64,000 physically fit ...

A long-standing riddle surrounding Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man has been solved after 500 years, offering a fresh perspective on the Renaissance master’s genius. The Vitruvian Man, known for ...