One new wider circumference [yellow] having the center on the navel
and a radius sufficient to include the extremity of the hands when the arms are well raised, it can contain only two shapes:
two upside down with the hands gripping the parallels; the feet are extended, all are framed with the unerring proportions; and please, don't forget that 'champion' means 'excellent' as well as 'sample' or 'specimen'… This one would therefore be the only possible way to suit the model outlined by the great architect, ancient but still leader of harmonious proportions in the design of temples and public buildings (theatres, baths); private buildings; floors and stucco decoration; hydraulics; clocks, mensuration, and astronomy; and civil and military engines. |