Drawings made to study the human body, among them an ideal figure fitted to a circle and a square according to ancient ideas of proportion and annotated sketches of a child in the womb. A work belongs here when the cited article describes the drawing as a study of proportion or anatomy. It excludes portraits and religious subjects. These are notebook drawings, and the group follows the subject the cited article names.
Anatomical and Proportion Studies
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Vitruvian Man (Wikipedia)
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The drawing illustrates Leonardo's study of ideal human proportions, derived from Vitruvius but refined through his own observations, contemporary works, and the treatise De pictura by Leon Battista Alberti.
Studies of the Fetus in the Womb - Wikipedia
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Studies of the Fetus in the Womb are two coloured annotated sketches by Leonardo da Vinci made in around 1511.
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