disOrder

interpreting

Da Vinci's drawing"Vitruvian Man," like Escher's, is an example of an apparent dis-order: the figure has two pairs of arms and legs, a grotesque improbablility.

First the viewer searches for an explanation (two figures of the same height and weight, one standing directly in front of the other?). But what of the circle? The square? This connection leads the viewer to interpret the drawing as an exercise in form(al) design. New knowledge.