Symbols & Anatomy

Today I read a book called Visible Signs. The book discussed information about icons, symbols, and meanings. For some reason when I read this my thoughts went totally toward the idea of the Vitruvian Man, by Leonardo Da Vinci. Its interesting because the Vitruvian Man has many meanings through the image alone. This image is known not only for reference of the human body but also a symbolic combination of art, math, and science combined.
I looked up some information about this and found out that, Leonardo symbolized the material existence by the square and spiritual existence by the circle. So there was more to the Vitruvian Man than I thought there would be. If you think about it, Da Vinci gave this piece an iconic image itself. The drawing represents art, the square and circle represent the math and the proportion of the body represents science. Well this is my idea of what I thought when I read about symbolism.

If you want to know more about the Vitruvian Man you can go to a few of these sites:

http://leonardodavinci.stanford.edu/submissions/clabaugh/history/leonardo.html

http://thealchemicalegg.com/VitruviusN.html