onomyö(4). Similarly, the range of motion of the human body also had philosophical implications. Da VinciÆs drawing, ôThe Vitruvian Man,ö illustrates both the human bodyÆs range of movement within a perfect circle and the ôgolden ratio,ö Phi, which was regarded by ancient scholars as "God's building block for the world," since the ratio was found throughout natureùeven in the angle that every leaf is set (5, Fig. 2). The philosophical implications of the figure cannot be overlooked, either. Maiorino assessed Vitruvius as ôa well shaped manö because he could fit a square and a circle. He pointed out that the circle has always represented eternity because it has no beginning and no end. ôGod is a circle whose center is everywhere, but whose circumference is nowhereàVitruvian Man was set at the still center where all directions meet and where the world found a point of restö (6). This drawing also illustrates the beginnings of the mathematization of nature, a concept picked up and deve
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