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Vitruvian Man vs. Divine Embrace: Rediscovering Humanity in God's Womb with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien

Vitruvian Man vs. Divine Embrace: Rediscovering Humanity in God's Womb with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien

God manifests himself through his "donegality," the unique atmosphere of the world.

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Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man represents the “perfect man,” based on the ancient knowledge of ratios and proportions in human anatomy. Leonardo, often called a Renaissance man, depicted something very different from the medieval understanding of man.

His Vitruvian Man is autonomous. There’s nothing around him. He is in the center. In th…

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