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The drawing is described by Leonardo's notes as Le proporzioni del corpo umano secondo Vitruvio, [2] variously translated as The Proportions of the Human Figure after Vitruvius, [3] or Proportional Study of a Man in the Manner of Vitruvius. [4] It is much better known as the Vitruvian Man. [2]
Vitruvius designed and supervised the construction of this basilica in Fano (reconstruction). However, many of the other things he did would not now be considered the realm of architecture [clarification needed] Vitruvius is the first Roman architect to have written surviving records of his field. He himself cites older but less complete works.
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A 1521 Italian language edition of De architectura, translated and illustrated by Cesare Cesariano Manuscript of Vitruvius; parchment dating from about 1390. De architectura (On architecture, published as Ten Books on Architecture) is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect and military engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus ...
With the invention of technical drawing in ancient Greece and Rome technical drawing, they have further evolved. Works by Vitruvius and other engineers and architects such as Vitruvius used drawings as a medium for the transmission of construction techniques, and the illustration of the basic principles of balance and proportion in architecture.