Unit Award Scheme

128362

Leonardo da Vinci: The geometry of proportion

Level: Level One

In successfully completing this unit, the learner will have	Evidence needed
demonstrated the ability to 1. research Leonardo’s theory of visual rays and the camera obscura to then apply the properties of similar triangles to calculate the height or distance of unreachable objects	Summary sheet and/or student completed work
2. construct a complex Leonardo knot, ie interlacing circles, using a compass and protractor to ensure perfect rotational symmetry and equal arc lengths	Summary sheet
3. evaluate the symmetry and proportionally of the Vitruvian Man, eg where the centre is using the Pythagorean theorem.	Summary sheet and/or student completed work

In successfully completing this unit, the learner will have

Evidence needed

demonstrated the ability to

1. research Leonardo’s theory of visual rays and the camera obscura to then apply the properties of similar triangles to calculate the height or distance of unreachable objects

Summary sheet and/or student completed work

2. construct a complex Leonardo knot, ie interlacing circles, using a compass and protractor to ensure perfect rotational symmetry and equal arc lengths

Summary sheet

3. evaluate the symmetry and proportionally of the Vitruvian Man, eg where the centre is using the Pythagorean theorem.

Summary sheet and/or student completed work

Approved 19 May 2026

All outcomes must be recorded on AQA summary sheet.

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