Art historian and former director
of the National Museums of Cagliari Roberto Concas told ANSA on
Monday in an exclusive preview of his forthcoming two-volume
series "The Deception of the Vitruvian Man: The Algorithm of the
Golden Ratio" that Leonardo da Vinci's work Vitruvian Man
concealed a secret algorithm passed to artists through the
centuries.
Artists from the 4th to the 18th centuries used the formula
to "certify" their works as inspired by the divine proportions
of the golden ratio, corresponding to parameters imposed by the
Catholic Church.
Concas' work will also be featured in an exhibition in
Cagliari in May 2020.
It took Concas thirty years of work and reflection, he told
ANSA, to come to a surprising conclusion that "looks like
something out of a novel by Umberto Eco."
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