Today we made family banners for a Florentine Carnival. We made the out of veneer, because we had some in the craft cupboard and because it seemed like a cool idea. It worked too!
We talked about da Vinci's Vetruvian Man and measured various limbs and facial features - da Vinci style:
"The first paragraph of the upper part reports Vitruvius: "Vetruvio, architect, puts in his work on architecture that the measurements of man are in nature distributed in this manner, that is:
"The first paragraph of the upper part reports Vitruvius: "Vetruvio, architect, puts in his work on architecture that the measurements of man are in nature distributed in this manner, that is:
- a palm is four fingers
- a foot is four palms
- a cubit is six palms
- four cubits make a man
- a pace is four cubits
and these measurements are in his buildings". The second paragraph reads: "if you open your legs enough that your head is lowered by one-fourteenth of your height and raise your hands enough that your extended fingers touch the line of the top of your head, know that the centre of the extended limbs will be the navel, and the space between the legs will be an equilateral triangle".
- a man is 24 palms
The lower section of text gives these proportions:
- the length of the outspread arms is equal to the height of a man
- from the hairline to the bottom of the chin is one-tenth of the height of a man
- from below the chin to the top of the head is one-eighth of the height of a man"
We read Leonardo da Vinci's incredible self recommendation to the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza and the children attempted their own such letter - but left-handed and backwards - da Vinci style!
There were lots of giggle and exasperated sighs - tee hee!
Monkey Girl's pastel picture of a cabbage was published in a magazine this month. She is thrilled and I love her!
Science for the two little ones
While Panda Girl went to her tap dancing lesson, Ballet Girl made this amazing cake!
This evening Ballet Girl went rock climbing - all in a day's work!
