17 da Vinci’s Measures Name: __________________ STAT 101 Lab: da Vinci The span to which a man opens his arms is equivalent to his height. The hand to the point at which it joins the bone of the arm goes four times into the space between the tip of the longest finger and the joint of the shoulder. The widest distance across the shoulders contains itself a quarter part of the man. From the elbow to the edge of the shoulder is an eighth part of the man. The space between the edges of the eyes towards the ears, that is to say, where the eye ends in the socket which contains it (at its outer corners), will be half the face. PROPORTIONS OF THE HUMAN FIGURE Leonardo da Vinci, circa 1485 - 1490 Name: __________________ Using the tape measures, collect the measures listed below. Measure in CENTIMETERS. Insert your measures into SPSS. 1) Elbow to Shoulder: ______________ cm 2) Shoulder Width: ______________ cm 3) Hand Length: ____________ cm 4) Arm Length: ____________ cm 5) Height (no shoes): ______________ cm 6) Arm Span: ______________ cm Vitruvian Man STAT 101 Lab: da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) made extensive measurements of the human body’s proportions. During today’s lab, we will examine whether or not his proportions hold true for individuals born 500 years after his measurements were calculated. 17