Vitruvian Man, architecture and beauty

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Clip from The Beauty of Diagrams  |  Season 1  |  Episode 1  |  FOXTEL Arts  |  February 5, 2017

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Marcus du Sautoy inspects Leonardo da Vinci's original Vitruvian Man and discusses its application to architecture and geometry.

Marcus du Sautoy inspects Leonardo da Vinci's original Vitruvian Man and discusses its application to architecture and geometry.

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