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  2. Vitruvian Man - Wikipedia

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    The art historian Ludwig Heinrich Heydenreich, writing for Encyclopædia Britannica, states, "Leonardo envisaged the great picture chart of the human body he had produced through his anatomical drawings and Vitruvian Man as a cosmografia del minor mondo ('cosmography of the microcosm'). He believed the workings of the human body to be an ...

  3. Body proportions - Wikipedia

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    Body proportions is the study of artistic anatomy, which attempts to explore the relation of the elements of the human body to each other and to the whole. These ratios are used in depictions of the human figure and may become part of an artistic canon of body proportion within a culture.

  4. Turkana Boy - Wikipedia

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    The Boy was relatively tall, which increased his body surface area that would enhance heat dissipation and prevent heat stress under the hot sun. [3] [12] Actual fossils of Turkana Boy. The overall KNM-WT 15000 skeleton still had features (such as a low sloping forehead, strong brow ridges, and the absence of a chin) not seen in H. sapiens ...

  5. Artistic canons of body proportions - Wikipedia

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    In the system recommended by Andrew Loomis, an idealized human body is eight heads tall, the torso being three heads and the legs another four; a more realistically proportioned body, he claims, is closer to seven-and-a-half heads tall, the difference being in the length of the legs. He additionally recommends head-based proportions for ...

  6. Human - Wikipedia

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    Human is a loanword of Middle English from Old French humain, ultimately from Latin hūmānus, the adjectival form of homō ('man' – in the sense of humanity). [9] The native English term man can refer to the species generally (a synonym for humanity ) as well as to human males.

  7. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    7 ft 11.3 in: Tallest man in the Netherlands. Tallest man to live past 60 years of age. His brother-in-law was a dwarf and did not exceed 69 cm (27 in). Together they formed a variety act, with performances around the world. [40] 1897–1976 (79) Miguel Joaquín Eleicegui Spain: 242 cm: 7 ft 11.3 in: Tallest man recorded in Spain.