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Which Renaissance artist illustrated Luca Pacioli's 1509 treatise 'De Divina Proportione', which explored the golden ratio's aesthetic properties?
Answer
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci created the geometric illustrations, including polyhedra drawings, for his friend Luca Pacioli's book on the golden ratio, formally called the 'divine proportion'.
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- Michelangelo
- Raphael
- Albrecht Dürer
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