Focus on this artwork and discuss the Critical evaluation.
In examining the influence of German aesthetic theory on French art, critic Elizabeth Prettejohn finds that the roundedness of form and "flawless" modeling of flesh would have met with Johann Joachim Winckelmann's approval as an exemplar of the beautiful. Prettejohn compares the figure's almost circular pose and sparse framing with that of Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man.
Vitruvian Man aesthetic theory Elizabeth Prettejohn French art Leonardo da Vinci Johann Joachim Winckelmann